1999 DUR salary survey
How do you compare with these DUR readers?
Most of the readers responding to Drug Utilization Review’s 1999 salary survey reported salary increases of between 1% and 3% over the past 12 months.
Of the 49 respondents, 4% make under $54,900. A fifth make between $55,000 and $64,900. A third earn $65,000 to $75,900 annually. Another fifth make $75,000 to $84,500. The remainder make between $85,000 and $115,000. Survey participants were grouped into four job descriptions: director of pharmacy, pharmacy manager, chief pharmacist, and clinical pharmacy specialist.
Nearly 13% said their salaries did not change in the past 12 months, while 29.2% experienced an increase between 4% and 6%.
Most readers (37%) said they work 41 to 45 hours a week, although 23.9% reported 46- to 50-hour work weeks, and 21,7% said they work 51 to 55 hours per week. Regarding staffing, 46.8% said staff levels increased over the past 12 months, while 23.4% reported a decrease, and 29.8% reported no change.
In terms of majority demographics, the typical respondent was male, between 40 and 50 years old, working in a 100- to 200-bed nonprofit hospital in the same position for up to three years, holding a master’s degree, and working in health care for 25 years or more. The location of the facility was nearly a dead heat: 29.8% of readers reported working in an urban setting, 23.4% suburban, 23.4% checked "medium-sized community," and 23.4% said they work in a rural setting.
Specifically, in terms of length of time in the same position, 22.9% said they’d been in the same role one to three years, 12.5% said seven to nine years, the same percentage said 10 to 12 years, 16.7% said 13 to 15 years, 6.2% said either 16 to 18 years or 22 to 24 years, 14.6% said 19 to 21 years, and 8.3% said 25 years or more.
On the question of education, 32.6% reported holding a master’s degree, 28.3 said they have a bachelor’s degree, 19.6% are PhDs, and 17.4% have completed some graduate work.
Nearly 47 percent were between 41 and 50 years old, nearly 30% were younger, and about 25% were older. Sixty percent of the respondents were men. Nearly 60% reported working in a nonprofit setting, while nearly 30% work for a government institution, and 12.5% are in a for-profit setting.
The vast majority, 89.6%, reported working in a hospital, 32.6% are in a 101- to 200-bed facility, 13% in a facility with fewer than 100 beds, and slightly more than 40% work in a 200- to 500-bed facility.
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