Survey responses for the 2016 Salary Guide were collected from 19,754 healthcare job seekers from the Health eCareers database between Jan. 18 and Feb. 23, 2016.
Here are the 2016 mean salaries and percent changes for 14 healthcare professions, according to the report.
1. Physician/surgeon — $255,648 (up 2.5 percent)
2. Executive — $134,632 (down 12.9 percent)
3. Physician assistant — $105,856 (up 4.3 percent)
4. Nurse practitioner — $100,549 (up 5.3 percent)
5. Healthcare IT — $91,251 (up 2.2 percent)
6. Academics/research — $90,584 (up 26.6 percent)
7. Pharmacy — $78,327 (down 7.2 percent)
8. Administrative/operations — $74,423 (up 20.4 percent)
9. Occupational/physical therapy — $67,901 (up 0.1 percent)
10. Nurse — $61,875 (down 3.1 percent)
11. Radiologic technologist/imaging — $59,546 (up 0.2 percent)
12. Dietician/nutritionist — $56,544 (up 9.1 percent)
13. Counselor/social services — $54,175 (down 3.5 percent)
14. Allied health — $49,658 (up 17.8 percent)
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