Guest guest Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Our facility is looking at compensation and the question has come up about equity/inequity of professional salaries between PT, OT and Speech. Does anyone have any guidelines re: whether PT, OT and SLP salary ranges should be the same, or is one profession routinely higher on the compensation scale? I am not looking for dollar amounts, just whether PTs are routinely paid higher than OTs. Or are PTs and OTs routinely paid the same, but SLPs are paid less. Or are PTs, OTs and SLPs all paid within the same range? Thank you for any guidelines you can provide. Effie Elliott, PT, DPT Manager PT/OT Bayhealth Medical Center effie_elliott@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 In our health system, pay is based on " market, " not necessarily on equity between professions (although we do consider morale effects of our decisions on pay). It has worked out for us that PT, OT and SLP are paid on the same pay scales, and PTA and OTA are also equivalent. But each area of the country is going to have different market conditions. For example, if you happen to have an OT school nearby, but not PT and SLP, it's possible you'd need to pay more to attract PT and SLP. This decision ultimately requires doing or buying some sort of pay survey to decide what's appropriate to attract and retain good staff. As a hospital, we do not compare ourselves to private practices, nursing facilities or to home health. Those are separate markets and therapists tend to choose their work venue based on factors other than pay. Or conversely if the therapists are driven by pay we probably cannot compete with those venues. Plus our benefit package tends to be more generous than competing venues, so pay alone is not the whole story. Bob Perlson Director, Rehabilitation Services Rogue Valley Medical Center Medford, OR > > Our facility is looking at compensation and the question has come up about equity/inequity of professional salaries between PT, OT and Speech. Does anyone have any guidelines re: whether PT, OT and SLP salary ranges should be the same, or is one profession routinely higher on the compensation scale? > > I am not looking for dollar amounts, just whether PTs are routinely paid higher than OTs. Or are PTs and OTs routinely paid the same, but SLPs are paid less. Or are PTs, OTs and SLPs all paid within the same range? > > Thank you for any guidelines you can provide. > Effie Elliott, PT, DPT > Manager PT/OT > Bayhealth Medical Center > effie_elliott@... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 In our health system, pay is based on " market, " not necessarily on equity between professions (although we do consider morale effects of our decisions on pay). It has worked out for us that PT, OT and SLP are paid on the same pay scales, and PTA and OTA are also equivalent. But each area of the country is going to have different market conditions. For example, if you happen to have an OT school nearby, but not PT and SLP, it's possible you'd need to pay more to attract PT and SLP. This decision ultimately requires doing or buying some sort of pay survey to decide what's appropriate to attract and retain good staff. As a hospital, we do not compare ourselves to private practices, nursing facilities or to home health. Those are separate markets and therapists tend to choose their work venue based on factors other than pay. Or conversely if the therapists are driven by pay we probably cannot compete with those venues. Plus our benefit package tends to be more generous than competing venues, so pay alone is not the whole story. Bob Perlson Director, Rehabilitation Services Rogue Valley Medical Center Medford, OR > > Our facility is looking at compensation and the question has come up about equity/inequity of professional salaries between PT, OT and Speech. Does anyone have any guidelines re: whether PT, OT and SLP salary ranges should be the same, or is one profession routinely higher on the compensation scale? > > I am not looking for dollar amounts, just whether PTs are routinely paid higher than OTs. Or are PTs and OTs routinely paid the same, but SLPs are paid less. Or are PTs, OTs and SLPs all paid within the same range? > > Thank you for any guidelines you can provide. > Effie Elliott, PT, DPT > Manager PT/OT > Bayhealth Medical Center > effie_elliott@... > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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