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2012. "I love my job," says Ms. Appleberry, echoing the sentiments of
many who answered our survey.
A saving grace, to be sure, since one-fifth of respondents on the hospital side (n=129) didn't see a salary increase from 2011, and 56.2%
saw their salaries rise 3% or less. On the ASC side (n=199), more than
one-fourth didn't make more in 2012 than in 2011, but 22.1% saw at
least a 3% pay raise and another quarter saw 1% or 2% bumps.
"My salary's been basically the same for 6 years," says Susan Seaton,
RN, ASC manager at Papillion (Neb.) Eye Surgical Center. "I have gotten one raise. I didn't even know when I got it: I just thought withholding tax had changed, that's how small it was."
Forty-nine percent of ASC respondents haven't had a raise in the
past year, and 11.1% haven't seen one since 2010. On the hospital side,
60.2% received a raise in the past year.
"I work in a small ASC," says Ms. Seaton, "so I knew there wouldn't be
any big increase in my salary."
Carrot and stick
According to the survey, bonuses are more common in ASCs than at
hospitals. About 52% of ASC respondents said they'd received one within the last year (although 13.1% say they've never gotten a bonus), as
compared to hospital readers, 40.3% of whom got one in 2012 (with
27.1% never having received one).
Although ASC bonuses were much more frequent, they tended to be
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