Wages for Key Assisted Living Clinical Workers Rose 5% to 6% in 2023

Wages for many key health care workers in assisted living increased between 5% and 6% on average last year. That’s according to the latest edition of the Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS), which is produced in collaboration with LeadingAge and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). […]

Average Salary for Executive Directors of CCRCs Exceeds $190K

Average salaries for executive directors at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) has grown almost 3.8% in 2022, with other community positions seeing even larger increases. That’s according to the 25th annual CCRC Salary & Benefits Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS). The latest report, which HCS published with the endorsement of industry association […]

Senior Living and Care Executive Salaries Increased 2.67% in 2021

The many pressures of Covid-19 didn’t put a halt to salary increases for long-term care executives in 2021. Long-term care facilities — a term referring to companies that own or operate multiple nursing homes, CCRCs and senior living communities — reported an average salary increase of 2.67% for corporate positions last year, according to The […]

Average CCRC Executive Director Compensation Hits $172,400

Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) increased pay to management-level employees by 2.73% on average between April 2020 and March 2021. That’s according to the 24th annual CCRC Salary & Benefits Report from Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service. The annual report is endorsed by industry association LeadingAge, and draws on responses from 545 CCRCs. Among CCRCs […]

Assisted Living CNA Pay Grew in 2020, But Turnover Skyrocketed

Assisted living certified nursing assistants (CNAs) earned more in 2020 amid a dramatic increase in employee turnover as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated. Lead CNAs across the U.S. saw their hourly wages increase by nearly 7.3% in 2020, while hourly pay for CNAs grew by just over 5.7%, according to the most recent Assisted Living Salary […]

Average CCRC Executive Director Salaries Neared $194,000 Prior to Covid-19

The average salaries for continuing care retirement community (CCRC) leadership continued an upward trajectory in 2020. The average salary for CCRC executive directors overall rose from $174,000 in 2019 to $182,000, according to the latest Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary & Benefits Report from the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service. This marks a 4.92% increase […]

Assisted Living Administrator Salaries Jumped 3.6% in 2019

Wages for salaried and hourly assisted living employees continued an upward trend in 2019, with administrator salaries seeing the largest average increases. That’s according to a Senior Housing News analysis of the most recent Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report from the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, an annual release that is produced with support […]

CCRC Executive Directors See Salaries Up Nearly 4% in 2019

Wages rose again for executive directors of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), and they weren’t the only ones who saw a pay bump in the past year. The national average salary for a CCRC executive director rose to $172,806 in 2019, an increase of 3.94% over the previous year’s average executive director salary of $166,252, […]

Highest-Paid Assisted Living Employees in 2017

CEOs and presidents are no longer assisted living communities’ highest earners, on average. Now, that designation belongs to CFOs, according to the latest Assisted Living Salary & Benefits Report from the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service, which is produced with support from LeadingAge and the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL). For the 20th annual […]

CCRC Executive Director Salaries Spike

Steering the ship at a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) became more lucrative in the last year. The average salary for a CCRC/life plan community executive director hit $161,025 in 2017—an increase of 4.15% from 2016. That’s according to the latest edition of the Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary & Benefits Report, an annual publication […]