Physician assistants in the U.S. make an average of $125,270 annually, according to the latest data released April 25 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Surgeons, excluding oral and maxillofacial surgeons, earn $167.25 per hour on average, according to data published April 25 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Nurse practitioners in the U.S. make an average of $124,680 annually, according to the latest data released April 25 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Registered nurses receive $42.80 per hour on average, according to data published April 25 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

Pharmacists in the U.S. make an average of $129,410 annually, according to the latest data released April 25 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The types of jobs available at hospitals vary widely, and so do the annual wages for those jobs. 

The top executives at S&P 500 companies reported pay increases were down in 2022-23 compared to the year prior, according to a report from ISS Corporate Solutions.

Ballad Health's CEO said he believes nurses at the system's tertiary hospital deserve the higher pay they receive, the Elizabethton Starr reported April 18. 

The lowest annual pay a worker would find acceptable for taking a new job reached $75,811 in March, up about $2,100 from November, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's latest Survey of Consumer Expectations. 

Executive pay cuts marked 2022 at three of the nation's largest for-profit health systems. 

Orthopedists have the highest average incentive bonus compared to other physician specialties, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2023," released April 14. 

Women earn the same or more than their husbands in nearly half of U.S. marriages, shattering households' reliance on male "breadwinners," Bloomberg reported April 13. 

Plastic surgery is the highest-paying physician specialty, according to Medscape's 2023 Physician Compensation Report. 

While overall physician salaries rose about 4 percent, earnings disparities remain wide between genders and between races even as some gaps are narrowing, the 2023 Medscape "Physician Compensation" report showed.

Eligible Penn Medicine Lancaster (Pa.) General Health employees will receive 4 percent pay increases, lancasteronline.com reported April 12. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health invested $138 million in its workforce and $271 million into base-pay increases and incentives in 2022, according to a report shared with Becker's April 10. 

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay in 2023. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the largest hospital operator in the country, has reported performance-related details of its compensation package for senior executives, a Security and Exchange Commission filing April 6 showed.

Iredell Health System, based in Statesville, N.C., said April 6 it will increase pay for nurses and other positions over the coming months. 

Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health is rolling out pay increases for most of its 1,800-person workforce over the next few months.