Exclusive survey results: What practices pay their staff
Planning to hire staff or considering whether to give them a raise? Check out our survey results first.
Are you adequately staffed? Do you pay your staff enough?
We recently conducted our 11th annual staff salary survey of non-physician providers, nurses, medical assistants, front desk staff and billers/coders.
A total of 943 people shared how many employees are on their practice's payroll and how much they pay them.
Specialties represented in the survey include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB-GYN, cardiology, psychiatry, dermatology, anesthesiology, urology and emergency medicine.
Take a look and see how your practice compares.
Staffing and salaries by the numbers
How many non-physician providers (physician assistants or nurse practitioners) work at your practice?
0 – 27%
1 – 17%
2-5 – 35%
6-10 – 10%
11-20 4%
More than 20 – 6%
On average, non-physician providers earn:
Under $30,000 – 3%
$30,001 - $40,000 - 5%
$40,001 - $50,000 – 5%
$50,001 - $60,000 - 6%
$60,001 - $70,000 – 7%
$70,001 - $80,000 – 8%
$80,001 - $90,000 - 14%
$90,001 - $100,000 – 19%
More than $100,000 – 33%
How many nurses (RNs or LPNs) work at your practice?
0 – 38%
1 – 13%
2-5 – 29%
6-10 – 9%
11-20 – 5%
More than 20 – 6%
On average, nurses earn:
Under $30,000 – 3%
$30,001 - $40,000 - 15%
$40,001 - $50,000 – 25%
$50,001 - $60,000 – 24%
$60,001 - $70,000 – 13%
$70,001 - $80,000 – 9%
$80,001 - $90,000 – 4%
$90,001 - $100,000 – 2%
More than $100,000 – 5%
How many medical assistants work at your practice?
0 – 16%
1 – 13%
2-5 – 42%
6-10 – 15%
11-20 – 6%
More than 20 – 8%
On average, medical assistants earn:
Under $30,000 – 26%
$30,001 - $40,000 - 51%
$40,001 - $50,000 – 14%
$50,001 - $60,000 - 5%
$60,001 - $70,000 – 1%
$70,001 - $80,000 – 0%
$80,001 - $90,000 – 1%
$90,001 - $100,000 – 1%
More than $100,000 – 1%
How many front desk staff work at your practice?
0 –5%
1 – 19%
2-5 – 53%
6-10 – 11%
11-20 – 5%
More than 20 – 6%
On average, medical assistants earn:
Under $30,000 – 38%
$30,001 - $40,000 - 46%
$40,001 - $50,000 – 10%
$50,001 - $60,000 - 3%
$60,001 - $70,000 – 1%
$70,001 - $80,000 – 0%
$80,001 - $90,000 – 0%
$90,001 - $100,000 – 1%
More than $100,000 – 1%
How many billers / coders work at your practice?
0 – 23%
1 – 32%
2-5 – 33%
6-10 – 7%
11-20 – 3%
More than 20 – 3%
On average, medical assistants earn:
Under $30,000 – 11%
$30,001 - $40,000 - 35%
$40,001 - $50,000 – 30%
$50,001 - $60,000 - 15%
$60,001 - $70,000 – 3%
$70,001 - $80,000 – 2%
$80,001 - $90,000 – 1%
$90,001 - $100,000 – 1%
More than $100,000 – 1%