National Benchmarks

The most relevant staff compensation survey in the market, collecting compensation data on over 645 jobs. Published regionally for over 20 years, this now national survey provides cash compensation market data for health care staff.


Survey Highlights

  • Over 2,090 participating organizations
  • Data on over 2,061,535 health care employees
  • Market data by region, state and organization size, including hourly base rate and total cash compensation for individual contributors, supervisors and managers in clinical and nonclinical functions
  • Detailed on-call pay and shift differential data, including evening, night and weekend coverage
  • Compensation practices data on salary increases, new hire strategies, holiday premiums, weekend staffing programs, professional and clinical ladder programs, incentive programs and much more
  • Information on certification, charge, extra-shift, float pool and preceptor pay

What's New in 2024?

  • New premium pay fields collected for per diem differentials
  • Streamlined questionnaire to reflect market trends
  • Job list expanded to include 33 new jobs within the following job families: clinical and professional services, facility services and nursing and patient care services

Enhanced Multiphase Auditing Process

Our participant experience includes an audit process that allows organizations to identify year-over-year discrepancies and areas of concern, contributes to the robustness and integrity of our data and provides greater confidence in report accuracy. If audits are needed, SullivanCotter emails participants when their audits are ready. After which, they may log in to their accounts to clarify and submit feedback via secure communication.

Learn About Our Full Survey Suite

Gaining access to the right data is paramount. SullivanCotter’s proprietary survey data provides the intelligence and insights you’ll need to confidently navigate the compensation journey and make highly-informed decisions.


Enhanced Report Delivery

The compensation and pay practices benchmarks are delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite — providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs


New Participant Experience

Log in to the Client Portal for a new and improved user interface and experience that allows you to submit data (i.e., APP, benefits, employee, executive, investment and physician) once and qualify for all applicable surveys, delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues and more easily participate in the data collection process

2024 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey


2024 Survey Participation Is Closed

Contribute to Gain Participation Privileges

Your participation ensures that your data are part of this valuable resource, providing you with robust, comprehensive information used by not-for-profit organizations across all market segments. In addition, participants receive exclusive, discounted pricing on valuable data and reports and early access to survey results.

Participation in our surveys is made easy through our online data collection tool

Non-health care organizations are welcome to participate in the survey on their client’s behalf; however, they are not eligible to purchase the report at the participant rate. Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing.

Survey Samples


Reduced Pricing for Participants:

  • 2024 Survey Participants: $1,150
  • 2024 Early Submission Discount: $200 off participant price
  • Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $4,600
  • Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing

Key Dates:

Participation opens: January 2, 2024
Deadline for early submission discount: February 28, 2024
Deadline for participation: March 15, 2024
Benchmarks publication: June 2024
Current status: Closed for participation


Questions?

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.

Order the 2024 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey

2024 Survey Costs:

  • 2024 Survey Participants: $1,150
  • 2024 Early Submission Discount: $200 off participant price
  • Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $4,600
  • Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing

Key Dates:

Survey data effective: January 1, 2024.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.

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