Median pay for certified registered nurse anesthetists varied widely across states, according to data released May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, nurse anesthetists earned a median annual wage of $236,590. Below are the median hourly and annual…
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Nurse practitioners in California earn the highest median pay in the country, while those in Alabama earn the least, according to data released May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, nurse practitioners earned a median annual wage of…
Registered nurses in California earn the highest median pay in the country, while nurses in Alabama earn the least, according to data released May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are the median hourly and annual wages for…
Health system executives are navigating reimbursement pressures, high labor costs and workforce workforce challenges, and new benchmarking data shows how their own compensation is moving against that backdrop. Gallagher, which maintains one of the nation’s largest proprietary healthcare compensation databases,…
Provider compensation continued to rise in 2025, but a new survey suggests health systems may be nearing the limits of what they can sustainably support. According to the “AMGA 2026 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey,” overall clinical compensation increased…
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Marc Casper, CEO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is the highest-paid healthcare CEO among S&P 500 companies, The Wall Street Journal reported June 22. Median CEO pay at S&P 500 companies reached a new high in 2025 at nearly $18 million,…
Virginia residents have the highest income of any U.S. state when balancing median income, income among the top 5% of earners and income among the bottom 20%, according to a June 2 ranking from WalletHub. While the median annual income…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has raised its minimum wage to $18 an hour, a move that affects more than 4,200 employees across the health system. The increase, which took effect earlier in May, also includes wage adjustments for employees earning…
Are “peanut butter raises” — across-the-board pay increases spread thinly across employees — a good idea in health systems? Some leaders are skeptical. While compensation experts argue it sends the wrong signal to high performers, the practice appears common. A…
Workforce spending remained hospitals’ top expense in 2025, representing 60% of total expenses, according to the American Hospital Association. Workforce costs rose 5.6% in 2025 as hospitals continued increasing wages and investing in recruitment and retention efforts for nurses, physicians…