The 2011 OR Management Salary Survey includes responses from OR directors/managers, perioperative services directors/managers, surgical services directors/managers and other members of OR management. The highest earners were OR administrators/administrative directors, who represented 2 percent of respondents, at $125,000. Surgical instruments coordinators, which accounted for 4 percent of respondents, earned the lowest salary at $42,500.
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