Many companies are lowering performance goals and adjusting numbers they use to determine executive bonuses, making it more likely their leaders will get bonuses no matter how the business performs, according to Bloomberg. 

Respiratory therapists in the U.S. make an average of $68,190 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Plastic surgery is the highest-paying physician specialty, according to Medscape's 2022 Physician Compensation Report. 

Fourteen healthcare CEOs made Equilar's list of the highest paid CEOs among the 100 largest companies in the U.S. by revenue in 2021.

Physician income rebounded toward the end of last year as routine patient care returned, with primary care physicians earning an average annual compensation of $260,000 and specialists earning an average of $368,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022." 

Pay gaps between male and female physicians persisted across every specialty in Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022."

Kentucky and Tennessee have the highest average annual compensation for physicians, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report 2022."

Outside of physicians, there are other healthcare careers that pay an average of six figures annually in the U.S., or above $80,000, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

While healthcare workers battle burnout, hospitals have been ramping up wages and other benefits to recruit and retain workers. It has created a culture of competition among health systems as well as travel agencies that offer considerably higher pay.

Waimea-based Queen's North Hawaii Community Hospital has been struggling to recruit nurses, partially because the Hawaii island hospital pays less than the system's counterparts on Oahu, Hawai'i Public Radio reported April 13.

The compensation committee of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's board of directors has adopted a 2022 performance excellence program for senior executives, according to an April 8 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

Christopher Hunter will join Acadia Healthcare April 11 as CEO and a member of the Franklin, Tenn.-based company's board. His base salary will be $1 million, and he'll also be eligible for a maximum cash bonus of 200 percent of his salary, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

Pharmacists in the U.S. make an average of $125,690 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Business leaders with MBAs do not perform better than those without MBAs and actually drive workers' wages down, reported CBS News April 4.

Nurse practitioners in the U.S. make an average of $118,040 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As the workforce shortages worsened and the pandemic caused widespread burnout, many hospitals and health systems saw their labor expenses significantly rise as they were forced to pay more to attract and retain workers.

Annual compensation for CEOs in the U.S. is heading for a record amid worker shortages and inflation, The Wall Street Journal reported April 3.

Physician assistants in the U.S. make an average of $119,460 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Certified registered nurse anesthetists in the U.S. make an average of $202,470 annually, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Registered nurses in the U.S. make an average of $82,750 annually, and nurses in nearly every state make more than the mean annual wage from a year prior, according to the latest data released March 31 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.