Southern states have the lowest income thresholds, while those on the East Coast gravitate toward the higher side, according to a recent analysis by SmartAsset.
Compensation Issues
A healthcare administration degree can open a variety of doors in the field — and land recipients in a variety of pay ranges, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale data.
The average weekly travel nurse pay in June in the U.S. was $2,466, down 8.56 percent from $2,697 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
The average weekly travel nurse pay in June in the U.S. was $2,466, down 8.56 percent from $2,697 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.
SEIU Local 521, a union representing employees of the Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern County Hospital Authority, has accused the system of overpaying two private consulting firms that provide its top executives.
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Primary care compensation climbed 6.1 percent from 2021 to 2022, compared to 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent increases for medical and surgical specialties, respectively, according to a new survey from the American Medical Group Association.
Leaders at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque have taken a pay cut as part of efforts to improve the organization's financial picture.
Salary transparency laws have extended to more than one-quarter of the U.S. labor force, according to an estimate from the National Women's Law Center — but not all covered organizations have embraced them, The New York Times reported June 20.
Los Angeles voters will decide on a measure that would cap pay of hospital executives.
The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay since May 20.