ment counterparts made $85,077. Fast forward 16 years and today's
average OR manager's salary is set firmly in six-figure territory:
$106,520 for ASC administrators and $119,758 for HOPD directors.
That's a 34% increase in average ASC pay and a 41% increase in HOPD
pay from 2003 to
2019, which begs the
loaded question in
2020: Yes, salaries for
surgical facility lead-
ers have come a long
way and look good
on paper — but have
they come far enough
to fairly compensate
you for your level of
expertise and respon-
sibility for the budg-
ets you control, for
the staff you manage,
for the surgeons you
(try to) keep happy,
for the patients you
satisfy and for the
countless unpaid
hours you work
beyond the 40-hour
workweek?
"If my salary were
to be broken down
per hour, I would
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