Hospital information technology (IT) professionals earned an average salary of $88,925 in 2001, according to the latest annual compensation survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Some 61% of the 1,581 survey respondents worked at a hospital or health system. The average salary for all respondents, including those working outside hospitals, was $91,267. Chief information officers received an average pay hike in 2001 of 6%, to earn an average $126,473. The average pay raise for all health care IT positions was 3.3%, with more than three-quarters of respondents reporting a salary hike.
Salaries ranged geographically from an average $101,458 in the Middle Atlantic states to $86,829 in the East South Central region. Men earned an average salary of $99,171, while women averaged $79,487. Full survey results are on-line at www.himss.org.
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