report that it was relatively modest: $2,500
or so.
Incomes are staying the same or slightly
increasing, our survey shows, with the major-
ity of survey respondents saying any change
of total pre-tax income from 2013 to 2014
ranges from 0% to 3%. "I feel that the days of
bonuses and raises are going to go away as
institutions struggle with decreasing vol-
umes," says one administrator.
The consensus among our respondents is
that when you add up the responsibility,
hours and work, salaries are not up to par.
A majority work between 40 and 50 hours a
week, survey results show. Those in ASCs
are more likely to manage a center with an
annual budget of $1 million to $3 million
(34%), while many hospital leaders say their
facilities' budgets are more than $30 million
(32%). Many in both groups say they over-
see less than 20 full-time equivalents (61%
and 46%). For their work, ASC and hospital
leaders say their annual pre-tax income for
2014 commonly ranged between $80,000
and $110,000 (37% and 44%).
"Managers are underpaid across health
care," says one respondent. "Nurses do not
get paid for what we do!" adds another.
'I see so many of my
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"I'll be 57 in
January. I'm in
that age range
where a lot of
us are. I really
enjoy my job
and I'm very
happy with it. I
don't have to
delay my
retirement, but
I find so much
pleasure and
challenge in
my job, that
I'm not even
really thinking
about it."
— Christel Grazier,
MS, BSN, RN, CNOR,
director of perioperative
services at the
Reading Hospital
in West Reading, Pa.
