Hospital Employee Pay Holds Steady at $39 Per Hour in 2012

The average compensation of hospital employees — including nurses, managers, service workers and others, but not physicians — rose 0.4 percent from March 2012 to September 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf).

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In March 2012, hospital employees made $38.81 per hour on average, and according to the most recent figures from BLS, hospital employees made $38.97 per hour in September 2012.

Registered nurses made $50.15 per hour, while management and other professional hospital employees earned roughly $47.47 per hour. Service workers continue to make significantly less, averaging $21.91 per hour.

Wages and salaries comprised 67.3 percent of average hospital employee compensation. Health insurance and paid leave represented the biggest portions of benefit costs.

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