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The Latest Data on Staff Salaries

Nonprovider personnel cost continues to be the highest expense item for most ophthalmology practices, often comprising more than 65% of total practice overhead. The 2005 Staff Salary Survey, just published by The Health Care Group, located in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., gives you hard data for comparing and structuring your staff's compensation. Below are the national averages for ophthalmology practices as reported in the 2005 Staff Salary Survey.

Note that staff averages are given on a per-hour basis, while Administrator/Executive Director, Assistant Manager, Business Manager and Office Manager averages are given on an annual salary basis.

Source: 2005 Staff Salary Survey

About this data: The staff salary national averages in this installment of Stat Tracker were drawn from the Health Care Group's 2005 Staff Salary Survey. In the fourth quarter of 2004, questionnaires were mailed to more than 9,000 medical practices nationwide and 757 practices responded, including 119 ophthalmology practices. Those ophthalmology practices supplied 2,253 different staff salaries. The complete 2005 Staff Salary Survey, with more staff categories and additional results, is organized by staff position and geographic region. For more information about the survey, call Mark E. Kropiewnicki, J.D., LL.M., at (800) 473-0032.