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Health care employers stepping up compensation, benefits to keep workers

Health care organizations have continued to add employees in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many healthcare professionals are receiving pay increases as demand for them increases.

By Katie Kuehner-Hebert | Updated on November 09, 2017
Executives, physician assistants and nurse practitioners are more satisfied with their salary than other health care profession roles. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Despite the pending health care regulatory changes impacting reimbursements – not to mention the prolonged uncertainty in the markets – health care organizations have continued to add employees in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many healthcare professionals are receiving pay increases as demand for them increases, according to the Health eCareers 2017–2018 Salary Guide.

Indeed, the online jobsite’s survey of nearly 20,000 healthcare professionals found that 87 percent of the respondents are being paid more or the same as last year. Moreover, 46 percent are very confident they can find a new position in their field, as the patient base increases – and as more baby boomer health care professionals retire.

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.

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