Registered nurses in the U.S. have a median annual wage of $86,070 and a median hourly wage of $41.38, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, released April 3.
Compensation Issues
Most of the top-earning executives, including CEOs and CFOs, at four of the largest for-profit health systems in the U.S. saw their overall compensation increase in 2023, according to proxy statements recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dallas-based Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria was paid 305 times more than the health system's median employee in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed April 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The five highest-earning executives at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw their overall compensation increase in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed April 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Physicians in West North Central states such as Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota reported the highest earning compensation last year, while physicians in Mid-Atlantic states such as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania reported the lowest, according to…
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In 2023, physicians saw a steady increase in total compensation. Still, in a year when inflation remained high and federal reimbursement cuts kicked in, 61% of physicians said they believe medicine is an underpaid profession, according to Medscape's "2024 Physician…
On average, U.S. physicians' total annual compensation grew by about 3% from 2022 ($352,000) to 2023 ($363,000), with specialized physicians earning more than $100,000 higher on average than primary care physicians.
Vikas Saini, MD, president of the Lown Institute, is speaking out on high hospital CEO pay.
Nurse anesthetists in the U.S. make an average of $214,200 annually and have a mean hourly wage of $102.98, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, released April 3.
In Flint, Mich., every pregnant and postpartum mother can receive $7,500 in aid over the first year of their baby's life through a new program called Rx Kids.