1993 survey of salaries & responsibilities for hospital biomedical/clinical engineering & technology personnel

The Journal of Clinical Engineering has conducted its eighth 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 1,497 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 12/31/92 and are compared to 12/31/91. Last year, new job categories were introduced for the overall department or group Director or Manager and the BMET Specialist. The average BMET I has 3.1 years of experience and earns $24,418 +/- $4,615 (Std. Dev.). The average BMET II has 6.8 years of experience and earns $29,853 +/- $5,782. The average BMET III has 13.3 years of experience and earns $37,205 +/- $6,269. The average BMET Specialist has 13.9 years of experience and earns $42,808 +/- $9,420. The average BMET Supervisor has 13.4 years of experience and earns $39,206 +/- $7,709. The average Clinical Engineer has 9.1 years of experience and earns $40,121 +/- $8,242. CE Supervisors have an average 12.1 years of experience and an average salary of $47,353 +/- $15,501. The overall group or department Director or Manager has 15.7 years of experience and earns $51,237 +/- $16,381 on average. Wages are the highest on the East and West Coasts. Again this year, the lowest wages were in the Southeast. BMET wages advanced up to 4.6%, year to year. The highest quartile of Director/Managers now earns between $56,000 and $212,000 per year. Certified individuals variously earn up to $7,995 more than noncertified.