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SullivanCotter salary surveys
SullivanCotter is an independent consulting firm focused on health care and mission-driven organizations, founded in 1992. Besides workforce, compensation and governance advisory work, it runs a suite of health care compensation and workforce surveys covering executives, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and staff. It also runs nonprofit surveys through its C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group division.
- Parent company
- SCH Capital Holdings, Inc.
- Focus
- Health care, Hospitals and health systems, Academic medical centers, Pediatric health care organizations, For-profit health care, Medical groups, Health plans, Executives
- Data covers
- United States
- How you get the data
- Organizations sign up through a participation contact form, then submit data once through SullivanCotter's secure online collection system (Excel upload supported, prior-year data prefilled where possible), and that submission counts toward every eligible survey. Participants get early access to results, pay-practices reports and pulse surveys, plus reduced report rates.
- 4,950+
- survey participants
- 2,900,000+
- incumbents in survey data
- 86%
- of health systems, hospitals and special providers work with SullivanCotter
- 350+
- advisors focused only on health care
SullivanCotter salary surveys
- Health Care Management and Executive Compensation SurveyHealth care executive and management pay, including incentives, by organization type and size · National; subsidiary hospitals by region2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published July 2026 (3,600+ participants, 355+ jobs)
- Physician Executive Compensation SurveyPay and incentives for physician leadership roles · National2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published Aug 2026 (1,320+ participants)
- Medical Group Executive Compensation SurveyExecutive pay in medical groups, by organization type and physician FTEs · National2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published July 2026 (295 participants)
- Benefits Practices in Health Care Organizations SurveyExecutive, physician and employee benefits practices, including retirement, perquisites, severance and health plans · NationalNext cycle dates listed as "more information to come" (205+ participants)
- Physician Compensation and Productivity SurveyPhysician pay, productivity (wRVUs, collections, panel size) and pay practices by specialty · National and by region2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published June 2026 (570+ participants, 235+ specialties)
- Medical Group Compensation and Productivity SurveyPhysician pay and productivity in medical groups, including academic groups · National, by region2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published July 2026 (420+ participants)
- Physician and APP On-Call Compensation SurveyOn-call pay rates and coverage practices for physicians and APPs · National2026: opened June 16, closed Sept 4, published Nov 2026 (257+ participants)
- Hospital-Based Physician and APP Work Effort Practices SurveyWork effort standards, shifts, schedules, PTO and on-call practices for hospital-based clinicians · NationalNext cycle: opens summer 2027, closes fall 2027, published winter 2027 (150+ participants)
- Physician and APP CPT Work RVU Benchmark StudyCPT coding profiles and work RVU benchmarks for physicians and APPs · National2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published Nov 2026 (80 participants)
- Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity SurveyAPP pay, productivity, new-hire and leader pay, plus pay practices including CRNAs · National2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published July 2026 (890+ participants)
- Advanced Practice Provider Leadership and Organizational SurveyHow organizations structure, staff and manage APP leadership · National2026: opened May 5, closed June 26, published Sept 2026 (80+ participants)
- Health Care Staff Compensation SurveyHourly and salaried clinical and non-clinical staff pay, premium pay and differentials · National, by region and state2026: opened Jan 6, closed Mar 13, published July 2026 (2,585+ participants, 780+ jobs)
- Workforce Metrics Benchmark SurveyWorkforce size, structure and cost metrics by job family and career level · National2026: closes June 30, published Dec 2026; offered as a three-year membership (90+ participants)
- Registered Nursing Compensation SurveyRegistered nurse pay by region, state, degree and experience, plus nursing pay and leadership practices · National, by region and state2026: opened July 7, closed Aug 14, published Oct 2026 (1,100+ participants)
- Endowment and Foundation Investment Staff Compensation SurveyPay for investment staff at endowments and foundations; a C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group survey run by SullivanCotter
- Foundation Board Practices SurveyBoard practices at foundations; a C3 Nonprofit Consulting Group survey run by SullivanCotter
Survey list and figures from SullivanCotter’s website, checked October 8, 2026.
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