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S A L A R Y
S U R V E Y
Asked what factors they'd find most attractive in a new job, the 2nd and 3rd most common responses (behind more money) for both ASC and hospital administrators are less stress (50% and 47.2%, respectively) and more support (34.1% and 37.4%). By contrast, only a handful say they'd welcome more responsibility
(10.3% and 11.7%).
The good news is that many facility leaders have found ways to ease the pressure. "It takes a while, but you must learn to lead 2 separate lives," says Diane Elmore, RN, administrator at Metro Surgery Center in Phoenix, Ariz. "Work is work and home is home. Stay at work and complete the task but do not take it home with you."
The importance of maintaining work/life balance is a theme that rang repeatedly through our 2014 salary survey. Simply put, the job will swallow you whole if you let it, say respondents.
"Don't live and breathe the surgery
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SIX FIGURES
Most Facility Managers Earn
Between $80,000 and $110,000
Running a surgical facility nets a 6-figure salary for about one-third of our 533 survey respondents. Here's how they answered when we asked them to report their 2013 pretax annual income.*
Salary
Less than $50,000 ASCs
6.7% | Hospitals
5.5%
$50,001 to $60,000 ASCs
4.6% | Hospitals
8.7%
$60,001 to $70,000
ASCs 11.0% | Hospitals
9.8%
$70,001 to $80,000
ASCs 11.9% | Hospitals 14.8%
$80,001 to $90,000
ASCs 13.3% | Hospitals 16.9%
$90,001 to $100,000
ASCs 14.2% | Hospitals 12.0%
$100,001 to $110,000
ASCs 13.3% | Hospitals 10.9%
$110,001 to $120,000
ASCs 7.5% | Hospitals 3.3%
$120,001 to $130,000
ASCs 5.2% | Hospitals 2.7%
$130,001 to $140,000
ASCs 2.3% | Hospitals 3.8%
$140,001 to $150,000
ASCs 2.6% | Hospitals 2.2%
More than $150,000
ASCs 7.2% | Hospitals 9.3%
SOURCE: Outpatient Surgery Magazine Reader
Survey, December 2013, n=533 (349 ASC administrators,
184 hospital-based leaders)
* Responses include any bonus and overtime pay, if
applicable
When was the last time you had a raise?
Last raise
Within the last year
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005 or earlier
Never
ASCs
43.5%
24.2%
11.5%
8.4%
1.7%
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
0.6%
5.8%
Hospitals
50.0%
23.9%
9.2%
3.8%
3.8%
2.7%
2.2%
0.0%
0.5%
3.8%
