Flexible Participant Experience
Log in to the Client Portal to submit data (i.e., APP, benefits, employee, executive, investment and physician) once and qualify for all applicable surveys or delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues
What's New in 2026?
- Updated incumbent and premium pay templates with new instructions tab and hover text functionality for the incumbent and premium pay fields
- Added new incumbent and premium pay fields collecting data on annual incentive thresholds, other cash award types and shift differential types provided
- Job list expanded to include 50 new jobs in the following job families: finance and accounting, human resources, information technology, marketing and communications, nursing and care management and more
National Benchmarks
The most relevant staff compensation survey in the market, collecting compensation data on over 800 jobs. Published regionally for over 30 years, this now national survey provides cash compensation market data for health care staff.
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 provide the intelligence and insights you’ll need to confidently navigate the compensation journey and make highly informed decisions.
Survey Highlights
- Over 2,660 participating organizations
- Data on over 2,483,900 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
Report Delivery
The compensation benchmarks and pay practices report are delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite – providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs
2026 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey
2026 Survey Participation Is Open
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.
Key Dates:
Participation opens: January 6, 2026
Deadline for early submission discount: February 24, 2026
Deadline for participation: March 13, 2026
Benchmarks publication: July 2026
Current status: Open 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.
Survey Samples
- Download a sample of the 2025 survey report.
Reduced Pricing for Participants:(1)
- 2026 Survey Participants: $1,350
- 2026 Early Submission Discount: $300 off participant price
- Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $5,400
- Additional Modular Pricing: See image below
- Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing
(1)Report pricing for the national survey report only includes access to the most prevalent 200 survey jobs. Additional benchmarks are available through the modular pricing structure.
Order the 2025 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey
2025 Survey Costs:(1)
- 2025 Survey Participants: $1,250
- 2025 Early Submission Discount: $200 off participant price
- Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $5,000
- Additional Modular Pricing: See image below.
- Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing
(1)Report pricing for the national survey report only includes access to the most prevalent 150 survey jobs. Additional benchmarks are available through the modular pricing structure detailed in the image below.
Key Dates:
Survey data effective: January 1, 2025.
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.