How much are health care professionals paid in Charlotte? View health care salaries

The Agenda recently surveyed our smart, good looking daily newsletter subscribers and asked them uncomfortable questions, like – “How much do you get paid?” Below are the survey results from health care professionals. 

Average salary for common Charlotte health care jobs:

• Social Worker — $47,667 base salary & $933 annual bonus
• Registered Nurse — $50,216 base salary & $1,033 annual bonus
• Development Manager — $52,867 base salary & $2,867 annual bonus
• Clinical Dietitian — $54,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
• Physical Therapist — $75,333 base salary
• Nurse Practitioner — $79,774 base salary & $4,700 annual bonus
• Physician Assistant — $92,208 base salary & $6,867 annual bonus
• Associate Veterinarian — $100,000 base salary & $8,867 annual bonus
• Director — $97,025 base salary & $17,392 annual bonus
• Pharmacist — $135,533 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
• Vice President — $218,750 base salary & $52,250 annual bonus
• Physician — $244,125 base salary & $33,750 annual bonus
• Surgeon — $800,000 base salary & $150,000 annual bonus

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Health care compensation change from 2016 to 2017:

• Decrease in pay: 3%
• Same pay: 25%
• < 5% raise: 52%
• 5% – 10% raise: 15%
• 10% – 20% raise: 4%
• 20%+ raise: 1%

How did Charlotte’s health care professionals land their jobs?

• Online job search site: 26%
• Professional connection: 22%
• Referred by friend or family: 16%
• Company’s website: 15%
• Recruited for the position: 8%
• Headhunter: 6%
• Networking event: 1%
• Other: 7%

Full, anonymous health care salary survey data (raw) – sorted by job title:

Account Manager — $46,000 base salary
Account receivable insurance coordinator — $35,000 base salary
Account representative — $47,500 base salary & $8,000 annual bonus
Administration — $35,000 base salary
Administration — $175,000 base salary & $40,000 annual bonus
Administrative Project Manager — $55,500 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Administrator — $64,000 base salary
Analyst — $98,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Analyst — $57,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Analytics Manager — $90,000 base salary & $9,000 annual bonus
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor — $65,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Application Specialist — $47,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Application Specialist- Associate — $45,000 base salary
Director — $47,800 base salary
Assistant Nurse Manager — $68,000 base salary
Assistant Vice President — $116,500 base salary & $29,000 annual bonus
Associate Director — $165,000 base salary & $50,000 annual bonus
Associate — $61,000 base salary
Associate Veterinarian — $80,000 base salary & $26,000 annual bonus
Associate Veterinarian — $130,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Associate Veterinarian — $90,000 base salary
Billing Supervisor — $56,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Certified Clinical Technician — $28,000 base salary & $280 annual bonus
Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant — $28,000 base salary
Program Officer — $75,000 base salary
Client Advisor — $53,000 base salary
Client Development Associate — $44,000 base salary
Clinical Nurse — $47,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Clinical Application Analyst — $65,000 base salary & $430 annual bonus
Clinical Dietitian — $50,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Clinical Dietitian — $58,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Clinical Pharmacist — $118,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator — $113,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Clinical Research Associate — $78,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Clinical Research Coordinator — $34,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator — $51,000 base salary & $300 annual bonus
Clinical Social Worker — $47,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Clinical Supervisor — $82,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Clinical Supervisor — $35.00/hr base salary
Clinical Supervisor — $60,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Community Health Educator — $35,000 base salary
Content Manager — $100,000 base salary & $8,000 annual bonus
Contract Specialist — $70,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Contract Specialist — $62,000 base salary & $3,500 annual bonus
Corporate Communications — $51,000 base salary & $1,200 annual bonus
Customer Service / Social Media Manager — $31,000 base salary
Data Analyst — $49,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Data Analyst — $50,000 base salary & $7,000 annual bonus
Dental Hygienist — $62,000 base salary
Dentist — $20,000 base salary
Department Director — $32,400 base salary
Dermatology Physician Assistant — $95,000 base salary
Development Associate — $28,000 base salary
Development Director — $58,500 base salary
Development Officer — $45,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Director — $130,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Director — $87,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Director — $115,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Director — $79,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Director — $180,000 base salary & $40,000 annual bonus
Director — $115,000 base salary & $12,000 annual bonus
Director of Administration — $80,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Director of Business Operations — $115,000 base salary & $20,000 annual bonus
Director of Case Management — $45,000 base salary & $15,000 annual bonus
Director of Communication — $130,000 base salary & $18,000 annual bonus
Director of Community Health — $47,000 base salary
Director of Therapy — $50,000 base salary & $300 annual bonus
Director of Development — $55,100 base salary & $6,600 annual bonus
Director of Hospital Operations — $90,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Director of HR — $103,000 base salary & $16,000 annual bonus
Director of Marketing — $84,000 base salary & $4,000 annual bonus
Director of Marketing — $150,000 base salary & $25,000 annual bonus
Director of Marketing and Communications — $48,500 base salary & $8,000 annual bonus
Director of Operations — $90,000 base salary & $4,000 annual bonus
Director of Operations — $160,000 base salary & $65,000 annual bonus
Director of Product Management — $140,000 base salary & $150,000 annual bonus
Director of Public Relations — $60,000 base salary
Director, Translational Research — $115,000 base salary
Director/Manager — $60,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Domain Architect — $125,000 base salary
Education Coordinator — $69,000 base salary & $1,900 annual bonus
Electronic Health Records Support — $36,000 base salary
Emergency Room Physician Assistant — $100,000 base salary & $6,500 annual bonus
Executive Assistant — $62,000 base salary & $2,500 annual bonus
Executive Director — $120,000 base salary
Executive Director — $90,000 base salary
Facilitator — $33,200 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Facility Manager — $75,000 base salary
Financial Analyst — $82,000 base salary
Financial Analyst — $62,500 base salary
Financial Analyst — $58,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Financial Controller — $92,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Front Desk Coordinator — $28,000 base salary
Front Fffice Coordinator — $43,680 base salary & $300 annual bonus
Dentist — $200,000 base salary
Grants Supervisor — $77,500 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Graphic Designer — $48,000 base salary & $400 annual bonus
Guest Services Rep — $18,000 base salary & $186 annual bonus
Health Educator — $49,000 base salary
Hospital Case Manager — $60,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Human Resources Associate — $64,700 base salary & $6,668 annual bonus
Human Resources Consultant — $50,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Human Resources Coordinator — $36,000 base salary
ICU RN — $62,000 base salary
Information Coordinator — $53,000 base salary
Lead certified dental assistant — $65,000 base salary
Lead Medical Physicist — $165,000 base salary
Lean practitioner — $75,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Manager — $95,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Manager — $87,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Manager of Business Operations — $57,000 base salary & $7,000 annual bonus
Manager of Contracts — $79,000 base salary
Manager of Education — $82,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Manager of Equipment Planning — $63,000 base salary
Manager, Client Services — $59,630 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Marketing — $48,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Marketing & Sales Associate — $58,000 base salary & $4,300 annual bonus
Marketing and Media Manager — $34,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Marketing Associate — $42,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Marketing Coordinator — $63,500 base salary
Marketing manager — $98,000 base salary
Marketing Manager — $78,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Marketing manager — $70,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
MD — $125,000 base salary
MD — $206,000 base salary & $150,000 annual bonus
Medical Billing & Coding specialist — $35,400 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Medical Coding Auditor — $61,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Medical Editor — $50,000 base salary
Medical Editor — $21,000 base salary
Medical technician — $36,000 base salary
Membership Director — $43,000 base salary
National Director — $95,000 base salary
Nurse — $60,000 base salary
Nurse Anesthetist — $150,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Nurse Consultant — $73,000 base salary
Nurse Practitioner — $93,000 base salary & $3,600 annual bonus
Nurse Practitioner — $85,000 base salary
Nurse Practitioner — $98,000 base salary
Nurse Practitioner — $100,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Nurse Practitioner — $80,000 base salary & $20,000 annual bonus
Nurse Practitioner — $87,190 base salary & $7,000 annual bonus
Nurse practitioner — $95,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Nurse Practitioner – Director of Quality and Clinical Outcomes — $130,000 base salary
Nurse’s Aide — $20,000 base salary
Occupational Therapist — $57,000 base salary
Office Administrator — $30,000 base salary
Office Manager — $83,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Optician — $42,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Order entry technician — $33,000 base salary
Organization Development Specialist — $74,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Orthopedic Assistant — $50,000 base salary & $6,600 annual bonus
Orthopedic Surgeon — $800,000 base salary & $150,000 annual bonus
Owner/President — $200,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist — $36,000 base salary
Patient Accounting Representative — $30,500 base salary
Patient Advocate — $35,000 base salary
Patient Care Manager — $190,000 base salary & $6,500 annual bonus
Patient Relations Specialist — $28,000 base salary
Reimbursement Specialist — $44,000 base salary
Pediatric critical care nurse — $53,000 base salary
Pediatric hospitalist physician assistant — $98,690 base salary & $4,500 annual bonus
Pediatric nurse practitioner — $93,000 base salary
Pediatric nurse practitioner — $89,000 base salary & $4,500 annual bonus
Pediatric Physical Therapist — $50,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Pediatric speech/language Pathologist — $55,000 base salary
Pharmacist — $116,000 base salary &
Pharmacist — $137,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Pharmacy manager — $127,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Pharmacy manager — $153,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Pharmacy Technician — $32,000 base salary & $300 annual bonus
Physical Therapist — $85,000 base salary
Physical therapist — $70,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Physical therapist — $71,000 base salary
Physical therapist assistant — $46,000 base salary
Physical therapy assistant — $43,600 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Physician — $193,000 base salary & $50,000 annual bonus
Physician — $250,000 base salary & $50,000 annual bonus
Physician — $259,000 base salary & $20,000 annual bonus
Physician — $250,000 base salary
Physician Assistant — $85,000 base salary
Physician Assistant — $90,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Physician assistant — $85,000 base salary & $20,000 annual bonus
Physician assistant — $100,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Physician Assistant — $96,250 base salary & $3,200 annual bonus
Physician Assistant — $97,000 base salary & $3,000 annual bonus
Practice Owner — $370,000 base salary
Practice Owner — $300,000 base salary
President — $150,000 base salary & $300,000 annual bonus
Procurement — $51,000 base salary
Product Manager Patient Marketing — $145,000 base salary & $18,000 annual bonus
Project Coordinator — $60,000 base salary
Project Coordinator — $36,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Project Manager — $65,000 base salary
Project Manager — $76,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Project Manager — $52,688 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
project manager — $73,000 base salary
Project Manager — $56,860 base salary & $2,560 annual bonus
Project Manager — $65,000 base salary
Project Manager, New Product Development — $77,500 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Psychologist — $77,000 base salary
Psychotherapist — $40,000 base salary
Public Relations Specialist — $50,000 base salary
Quality coordinator — $70,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Quality Improvement Associate — $39,000 base salary
Quality Improvement Supervisor — $68,000 base salary & $1,200 annual bonus
Recruiter — $36,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Recruiting Manager — $45,000 base salary & $5,000 annual bonus
Regional Client Executive — $130,000 base salary & $75,000 annual bonus
Regional Sales Manager — $110,000 base salary & $50,000 annual bonus
Registered Behavior Technician — $20,000 base salary
Registered Dietitian — $50,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Registered ICU Nurse — $43,000 base salary & $1,500 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $64,890 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $66,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $40,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $40,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $41,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $43,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Registered nurse — $55,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $50,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $75,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $50,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $24.50/hr base salary & $800 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $55,000 base salary & $800 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $37,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $48,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $52,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse – Gaston County Schools — $40,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $28/hour base salary
Registered Nurse — $46,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse — $39,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse— $50,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Registered Nurse Case Manager — $72,800 base salary
Registered Nurse Nurse Navigator — $56,000 base salary
Registered Nurse — $48,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Research Coordinator — $42,500 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Resident Physician — $51,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Sales Coordinator — $45,000 base salary & $2,300 annual bonus
Sales Manager — $180,000 base salary
Sales Operations Specialist — $40,000 base salary
Sales Representative — $45,000 base salary & $25,000 annual bonus
School Nurse — $24,500 base salary
Senior Approval Specialist — $65,000 base salary & $2,073 annual bonus
Senior Art Director — $82,000 base salary & $1,200 annual bonus
Senior Associate, Process Design — $83,000 base salary
Senior Director of Digital Contact Strategies — $160,000 base salary & $19,000 annual bonus
Senior Financial Analyst — $80,000 base salary & $3,600 annual bonus
Senior Financial Analyst — $80,000 base salary & $5,500 annual bonus
Senior Marketing Manager — $110,000 base salary & $10,000 annual bonus
Senior Medical Scientist — $154,000 base salary & $38,000 annual bonus
Senior Operations Manager — $100,000 base salary & $14,000 annual bonus
Senior PR Specialist — $52,000 base salary & $500 annual bonus
Site Manager — $141,000 base salary
Six Sigma Black Belt — $93,000 base salary & $7,300 annual bonus
Social Responsibility Specialist — $58,000 base salary
Social Work Care Manager — $50,000 base salary & $1,200 annual bonus
Social Work Care Manager — $48,000 base salary & $600 annual bonus
Social Worker — $45,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Sourcing Analyst — $52,500 base salary
Sourcing Analyst — $58,000 base salary
Sourcing Analyst — $65,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Sourcing Manager — $96,000 base salary & $17,280 annual bonus
Sourcing Analyst — $71,000 base salary
Specialty Sales Representative — $71,000 base salary & $25,000 annual bonus
Speech Language Pathologist — $78,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Speech Language Pathologist — $87,100 base salary & $25,000 annual bonus
Sr. Business Associate — $72,000 base salary & $800 annual bonus
Staff Nurse — $46,000 base salary & $300 annual bonus
Staff Pharmacist — $135,200 base salary
Staff Pharmacist — $145,000 base salary
Staff Pharmacist — $50/hr base salary
Sourcing Analyst — $65,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Supervisor, revenue cycle — $69,000 base salary & $1,000 annual bonus
Supply Chain Analyst — $47,700 base salary
Supply Chain Analyst — $80,000 base salary
Talent Aquisition Specialist — $63,000 base salary & $2,200 annual bonus
Team Lead — $50,000 base salary & $2,000 annual bonus
Territory Manager Associate — $42,000 base salary & $20,000 annual bonus
Veterinarian — $75,000 base salary
Veterinarian technician assistant — $10/hr base salary
Veterinary Product sales — $39,000 base salary
Vice President — $165,000 base salary & $29,000 annual bonus
Vice President — $300,000 base salary & $80,000 annual bonus
Vice President — $250,000 base salary & $100,000 annual bonus
Vice President — $160,000 base salary
Wellness Consultant — $68,500 base salary
Wellness Coordinator — $46,000 base salary & $250 annual bonus

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