Healthcare Pay Benchmark Report
Pay for 19 healthcare jobs compared across up to 6 areas at once: percentiles, 11 years of history, pay by work setting, and where your own pay rates fall. Built from federal wage data, ready to print or download.
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One report is yours to keep and reopen. The monthly plan covers every profession and area; cancel any time.
What the report contains
- Pay at a glance for every area side by side: hourly pay at the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles, annual median, number employed, jobs per 1,000 workers, and how concentrated the job is compared with the nation.
- Annual pay percentiles for every area, for salary bands and budgets.
- Eleven years of median pay, May 2015 to May 2025, for every area, with the change over the period.
- Where your pay falls: enter up to three hourly rates, such as a starting rate and a top rate, and see where each sits in every area.
- Pay by work setting nationally: hospitals, nursing homes, home health, physician offices and more.
- Download and print: every table as a CSV file, and a print layout for budget packs.
A sample: registered nurses
The first table of a three-area report. The full report adds annual percentiles, the eleven-year history, your pay position and work settings.
| Area | 10th | Median | 90th | Median in 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $33.14 | $46.90 | $66.09 | $32.45 |
| California | $48.68 | $67.44 | $102.56 | $48.27 |
| Texas | $32.27 | $46.14 | $61.51 | $32.98 |
Hourly pay, May 2025, from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Who uses it
Nursing homes, clinics and home care agencies use it to set pay scales and to support a budget request with published figures. Nurses and allied staff use it to compare an offer with pay in the areas they are considering. Training programs use it to show students what graduates earn locally.
Sources and method
Pay, employment and location quotients are the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates for May of each year from 2015 to 2025. Metro areas follow the BLS definitions for each year. BLS notes that the survey is not designed for comparisons over time, because its methods and area definitions change, so read the eleven-year history as the direction of pay rather than an exact rate of change. Pay by work setting is the national estimate by industry for May 2025. See the methodology for how the site handles federal wage data.
Questions
- Where do the pay figures come from?
- Every figure comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2015 through May 2025. It covers wage and salary workers at employers of every size; it does not include the self-employed.
- What is the difference between the $79 report and the $29 plan?
- The $79 report covers one profession in the areas you choose, and you can reopen and download it at any time. The $29 monthly plan lets you build as many reports as you like, for any profession and any areas, until you cancel.
- Can I compare two metro areas in different states?
- Yes. A report can hold up to 6 areas in any mix: the United States, any state, and any metro area with a published estimate for the profession.
- Why are some metro areas missing for a profession?
- BLS publishes an estimate only where its survey has enough responses to meet its reliability standards. When a metro area has no estimate for a profession, it is not offered for that profession.
- How is "where your pay falls" worked out?
- Your hourly rate is placed between the published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles for each area, assuming pay rises in a straight line between them. It is an estimate of your position, not an exact percentile.
- Can I cancel the monthly plan?
- Yes, from your account page at any time. You keep access until the end of the month you have paid for, and you are not charged again.