American organization of nurse executives nurse leader survey: compensation trends and satisfaction levels.
The American Organization of Nurse Executives conducted a salary survey of more than 4,600 nurse leaders, capturing information from 2012. About half of the salaries fall between $80,000 and $130,000. When correlating years of leadership to salary level, the 10-year mark appears to be the tipping point in terms of higher salaries for nurse leaders, with 52% of those with 11 to 20 years of experience and 64% of those with more than 20 years of experience reporting annual salaries equal to or greater than $120,000. Overall job satisfaction is high among nurse leaders, with 62% stating that they are very satisfied and another 29% responding that they are somewhat satisfied.
Author Affiliation: Senior Communications Specialist (interim), American Organization of Nurse Executives, Chicago, Illinois.
Terese Hudson
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000639:trends*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States