A few of the calculated average employee salaries were less than the
federal minimum wage. In 2018, the year this data was collected, the
federal minimum wage was $7.25 an hour. At $7.25 an hour, 40 hours a
week, for 52 weeks, a minimum wage salary would be $15,080 before
taxes. Nine facilities with uncompensated intern programs and zero
facilities with compensated intern programs were found to have an
average wage below $15,080. This could be because the majority of
employees at these facilities are part-time, temporary, or seasonal.
Another explanation is that the numbers are misreported, or the facility
uses an alternative funding source for additional salaries and wages.
Average employee salaries for facilities with compensated intern
programs ranged from $15,723 to $61,096, while salaries for facilities
with uncompensated intern programs ranged from $9,627 to $96,624.
The highest reported salaries at both types of facilities were over ten
times higher than the average employee salary. These salaries were
mostly held by the President & CEO or Executive Director of each
organization. Salaries ranged from $55,000 to $933,268 for facilities
with uncompensated intern programs and $102,535 to $1,414,983 for
facilities with compensated intern programs.