1992 survey of salaries & responsibilities for hospital biomedical/clinical engineering & technology personnel

The Journal of Clinical Engineering has conducted its seventh annual survey of the salaries paid to biomedical/clinical engineering and technology personnel in U.S. hospitals. This paper reports the salary and work responsibility data obtained from 1,482 professionals in relationship to: Certification; Region of the U.S.; Teaching versus Nonteaching Facilities; Years of Experience; Education; Union Membership; and Gender. Data are included on Wage Increases and Job Responsibilities. Data are as of 12/31/91 and are compared to 12/31/90. This year, new job categories were introduced for the overall department or group Director or Manager and the BMET Specialist. The average BMET I has 2.4 years of experience and earns $23,647 +/- $4,442 (Std. Dev.). The average BMET II has 6.6 years of experience and earns $30,128 +/- $5,696. The average BMET III has 12.9 years of experience and earns $35,855 +/- $5,942. The average BMET Specialist has 13.5 years of experience and earns $40,910 +/- $8,938. The average BMET Supervisor has 13.3 years of experience and earns $37,905 +/- $6,786. The average Clinical Engineer has 7.4 years of experience and earns $40,413 +/- $7,899. CE Supervisors have an average 12.2 years of experience and an average salary of $46,927 +/- $9,935. The overall group or department Director or Manager has 15 years of experience and earns $49,096 +/- $17,333 on average. Wages are the highest on the West Coast. This year, the lowest wages were in the Southeast. Because of survey changes in supervisor survey categories, year-to-year changes for supervisor wages cannot be evaluated. BMET wages, however, advanced 6% to 9%, year to year. The highest quartile of Director/Managers now earns between $53,000 and $245,000 per year. Certified individuals generally earn up to $3,257 more than noncertified, except for BMET Specialists where the certified respondents earned less than the noncertified.