For nearly 35 years, SullivanCotter has delivered critical compensation benchmarks to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems. Learn more about this year's survey suite!

With workforce shortages showing no signs of stopping, hospitals and health systems must attract, retain, and motivate key employees with confidence. Turn insight into impact with the latest health care staff compensation benchmarks!

For nearly 35 years, SullivanCotter has delivered critical compensation benchmarks to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems. Learn more about this year's survey suite!

The data is in! The results of our 2025 Registered Nursing Compensation Survey show meaningful growth in RN base pay across roles, specialties, and organizational size.

New research with our strategic partner Lotis Blue Consulting outlines the new competencies that form the foundation for effective health care leadership in today’s complex environment.

New research with our strategic partner Lotis Blue introduces the Health Care Potential Index (HCPI) – a data-driven framework that highlights new competencies for future-ready health system CEOs.

Is your health system structured to enable performance, efficiency, and sustainability? Learn more about administrative function centralization within Finance, HR, IT, Marketing and more to see how organizational design has emerged as a critical lever for transformation.

Health systems are experiencing the greatest pressure at the top – where retaining critical leadership roles is essential to staying competitive and navigating a complex operating environment. Explore the latest data from our Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey!

We collect data on the size and shape of the health care workforce across four different career stages - Executive, Leaders, Managers, and Individual Contributors - to show how your organization stacks up against national benchmarks.

Data from SullivanCotter's 2025 Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey reports increases in base salary and incentives to reflect complexity, performance, and competitive market dynamics.

Executive benefits are changing as the industry evolves and securing leaders capable of leading through such change is no easy feat. Learn more from our 2025 survey benchmarks!

Should not-for-profit health care organizations compensate board members? As governance challenges grow more complex, many nonprofit boards are exploring director pay programs to help attract and retain the right talent.

Finding and keeping the right executive talent is critical – but it's not easy! Featuring data from SullivanCotter and insights from our experts, Modern Healthcare explores how health systems are staying competitive.

With participation from more than 90% of the nation’s largest 200 health care organizations, these surveys represent one of the most comprehensive sources of health care compensation and workforce benchmarks available.

Improve your management and leadership structures by getting span of control right! We've compiled the latest data and insights from our Workforce Metrics Benchmark Database.

Build a well-defined executive job-leveling framework to position your organization for growth and change. This framework serves as a foundation for expanding and scaling senior leadership teams and supporting the development of talent from within.

Join us for an impactful session on emerging workforce trends and challenges that health care HR leaders plan to address in 2025.

For more than 30 years, SullivanCotter has provided critical benchmarks and comprehensive total compensation information, analyses, and research to the nation’s top hospitals and health systems.

Results from SullivanCotter's 2024 Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey show that median base salaries grew by 5.2% – reflecting the high demand for executive talent.

Download our infographic to learn more about annual changes in executive compensation, annual incentive plan provisions, and high-demand roles and emerging positions.