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Compensation benchmark reports built from verified hospital data across both workforce roles and executive leadership.

Covering both employee-level salaries and executive compensation

Workforce Compensation Benchmark

Hospital Optics
Workforce Benchmark

Nurse Manager

142 personnel across 86 hospitals

Median Compensation (50th Percentile)

$105,800

$82,100

10th Percentile

$92,400

25th Percentile

$118,500

75th Percentile

$134,200

90th Percentile

Peer Group Overview

Compensation data reflects the most recent public salary records available

DepartmentMedical-Surgical
RegionMidwest
Hospitals86
Bed Size Range250 – 400
Evidence Overview·Page 2

Nurse Manager — Top 5 by Base Compensation

Source-level records from public salary data

HospitalTitleBase Comp
Hospital ANurse Manager$108,500
Hospital BNurse Manager$102,100
Hospital CNurse Manager$100,300
Hospital DNurse Manager$96,700
Hospital ENurse Manager$95,200
Based on 1,000+ employee salary recordsShowing top 5 of 86 peer hospitals
  • Employee-level salary data from public records
  • Standardized job titles across hospitals
  • Benchmark by role, department, and peer group
  • Built on real, source-level compensation records

Executive Compensation Benchmark

Hospital Optics
Executive Benchmark · Page 1

Chief Executive Officer

30 personnel across 29 hospitals

Median Compensation (50th Percentile)

$937K

$377K

10th Percentile

$532K

25th Percentile

$1.2M

75th Percentile

$1.8M

90th Percentile

Peer Group Overview

Compensation data reflects the most recent nonprofit filings available

Most Recent Available Filing2024
RegionNortheast
Hospitals29
Median Employees30
Compensation Trend Analysis·Page 2

CEO Total Compensation — 5-Year Trend + Projection

$300K$400K$500K$600KProjected$385K$465K$498K20212022202320242026P
Median P75 P25 Projected P25–P75 Range
  • Executive compensation from IRS Form 990
  • Full breakdown including base, bonus, and deferred
  • Historical compensation trends with forward projections
  • Peer benchmarking across comparable nonprofit hospitals

Includes multi-year compensation trends and projections not available in traditional benchmarks

Who This Is For

Built for the people making pay decisions.

HR & Compensation Teams

  • Benchmark salaries for active roles
  • Validate pay ranges before posting jobs
  • Ensure internal equity across departments

Executives, CEOs & Boards

  • Benchmark CEO and leadership compensation
  • Prepare for board-level compensation discussions
  • Compare against true peer hospitals

Why Hospital Optics

A fundamentally different approach.

Traditional Approach

  • Survey-based data that is self-reported
  • Limited samples
  • Outdated reports
  • Inconsistent job titles

Hospital Optics

  • Verified public records and IRS filings
  • National coverage
  • Continuously updated data
  • Standardized job taxonomy for true comparisons

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