Three health systems have raised their minimum wage in 2026 as part of broader workplace investments. The moves come as health system leaders intensify their focus on retention and engagement. Organizations are balancing these priorities as financial pressure persists across…
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Durham, N.C.-based Duke University and Duke University Health System will raise the minimum wage for eligible employees to $20 per hour, effective July 1. More than 4,000 employees will receive a direct pay increase under the change, according to a…
U.S. job postings for physicians and surgeons on the Indeed website are most likely to include a signing bonus, although the share has declined year over year. About 3% of U.S. job postings offered a signing bonus in December —…
UnitedHealth Group is limiting employee raises to between 0% and 2% this year and laying off an unspecified number of workers, Bloomberg reported Feb. 27. Minnesota, the company’s home state, has not posted any relevant Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification…
Healthcare wage growth weakened in the six months leading up to December across most categories analyzed, according to a Feb. 20 research brief from Indeed’s Hiring Lab. Here are six things to know from the fourth-quarter healthcare labor market update:…
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Compensation for physician assistants varies widely by state, with California reporting the highest mean PA income in 2024 at $151,351, according to the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants’ 2024 Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs by State. Nationally,…
The same financial pressures hospitals are facing are increasingly evident at the physician enterprise level, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly “Physician Flash Report,” which is based on data from more than 200,000 employed providers — physicians and advanced practice…
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has increased its organizational minimum wage to $19 an hour, effective Feb. 1. The change marked a $1.46 increase and placed the system’s minimum wage nearly $12 above the federal minimum wage, according to a Feb. 2…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health is investing $776 million in workforce compensation in 2026, marking one of the largest single-year compensation increases in the system’s history. Six things to know: 1. The nonprofit system will implement a unified $18.85 minimum starting…
The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers’ pay since December 2024. Note: This webpage was last updated on Dec. 18, 2025. December 1. Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind., is investing $1.6 million…