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Fortunately, more facilities appear to be earned more than their male counterparts in Salary by Region & Gender
making formal infection tracking programs every U.S. region, except Mountain (male sur-
a priority. Sixty-eight percent of survey re- vey participants earned $2,000 more than fe-
PACIFIC
spondents indicated that they have such a males there). The biggest gender-pay gap was
Female $90,962
program in place and 63% of them use soft- seen in the Northeast, with females earning an Male $90,556
ware-based systems. average of $74,583, compared to males who Average $90,795
The infection control department at John earned roughly $9,000 less. In the Southeast,
Muir Health is part of the quality manage- females earned $74,259, whereas males earned
MOUNTAIN CENTRAL
ment department, and Cotton noted that the $67,500. A nearly $3,000 gap was revealed in
Female $73,000 Female $83,068
infection control committee is interdiscipli- Central states ($83,068 for females and $80,114 Male $75,000 Male $80,114
nary and very well established. “We have for males). The Pacific region had the narrow- Average $73,333 Average $82,500
metrics that include national benchmarks est gap, with female respondents earning just
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
and report on all infections throughout our $406 more than male OR management profes-
Female $74,583 Female $74,259
facilities on a monthly basis,” she explained. sionals. Those working in urban facilities
Male $65,536 Male $67,500
“The information is invaluable.” earned a median annual base salary of $82,383
Average $72,734 Average $73,203
in 2009, followed by those in suburban facili-
Beyond the dollar signs ties ($78,106) and rural facilities ($73,867). salaries — $102,273 (up substantially from the
Not unlike past OR management salary sur- Educational background also continues to $93,947 reported in 2008). Although high
veys, pay scales varied sometimes significantly weigh heavily into the salary equation. Nearly school graduates earn the least, the $51,852 fig-
based on region, educational background and one-third of respondents (33.2 percent) hold ure reported in the 2009 survey is notably
gender. an Associate’s degree and earn a median an- higher than last year’s median reported sal-
The highest overall earners work in the Pa- nual base salary of $71,654 – a significant jump ary of $42,803.
cific region, drawing a median annual base over last year’s salary of $67,685 for those with While pay is undoubtedly important to
salary of $90,795, followed by those in the Cen- the same educational background. Those with most working professionals, regardless of
tral region at $82,500. Those in Mountain, Bachelor’s degrees (accounting for 32.2 per- their discipline (and salary surveys may leave
Northeast and Southeast regions earned lower cent of survey participants) earn a median sal- some individuals feeling inadequately com-
salaries, coming in at $73,333, $72,734 and ary of $78,712 (up from a reported $72,616 in pensated by comparison), Stewart stressed
$73,203, respectively. Interestingly, females 2008), and as expected, the 21.5 percent with that those in OR management should not lose
(whom represented 72 percent of respondents) a post-graduate degree command the highest sight of the big picture of job satisfaction. HPN
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