Because the compensation shown in the tables combines all pay types (excluding fringe benefits), it is a comparable cost to the employer rather than a comparable wage for a standard work period.
Average quarterly wages for continuously employed advanced practice nurses (APNs) was added to the 2008Q2 reports.
The number of RNs and APNs working in health care increased by 70 compared to 2008Q1 and 133 compared to 2007Q2.
RNs and APNs comprised 15.7% of health care employment in 2008Q2.
The RN and APN exit rate declined to 3.5% in 2008Q2.
Continuously employed APNs earned an average quarterly wage of $23,485 in 2008Q1, while RNs earned $14,176 during the same period.
The number of LPNs working in health care declined to 655 in 2008Q2.
Campbell County Memorial Hospital is a new addition to the 2008Q2 data set.
RN wages at Powell Valley Healthcare increased 1.8% between 2007Q1 and 2008Q1. Overall, wages in Park County increased 2.0% during the same period (see http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/1008/1008.pdf for details).
RN wages at Campbell County Memorial Hospital increased 5.5% over the year, compared to a 6.8% wage increase for the same period.
Increased wage pressure in Campbell County accounted for at least some of the difference in wage increases between the two facilities.
A different utilization of staff at Powell Valley Healthcare was the reason for a greater proportion of CNAs there than at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.
Industry/Primary Industry – the industry in which licensed professionals earned the most wages each quarter.
Primary Employer – the employer who paid the most wages to a worker in a quarter.
Active RNs, LPNs, or CNAs – the count of licensed professionals who worked in ambulatory health care services, hospitals, or nursing & residential care facilities.
Total Employment – the count of all workers whose primary industry was ambulatory health care services, hospitals, or nursing & residential care facilities.
Multiple Jobholders – the number of licensed professionals paid wages by two or more employers during a quarter.
Workers’ Compensation Claims – the number of workplace injuries reported to Workers’ Compensation each quarter for RNs, LPNs, and CNAs.
Continuous Employees – the number of licensed professionals whose primary industry was ambulatory health care services, hospitals, or nursing & residential care facilities for three consecutive quarters.
Average Wages Continuous Employees – gross quarterly average wages paid to each continuously employed licensed professional.
Tenure – the number of consecutive quarters each licensed professional worked for the same primary employer, allowing for three quarter breaks.
Exit Rate Percentage – the number of licensed professionals whose primary industry was ambulatory health care services, hospitals, or nursing & residential care facilities during the prior quarter and current quarter, but not in the following quarter.
ND (Not Disclosable) – if the number of Workers’ Compensation claims was fewer than five in a quarter, the results were suppressed for confidentiality reasons.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes – in this report we refer to ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621; includes physicians' offices, outpatient surgical centers, and medical labs), hospitals (NAICS 622; includes general medical & surgical hospitals and specialty hospitals), and nursing & residential care facilities (NAICS 623; includes residential mental health & substance abuse facilities and homes for the elderly).
Data sources: Workers’ Compensation Claims data – September 30, 2008; Board of Nursing license file – July 2, 2008; Wage Records database – November 15, 2008; Enhanced Quarterly Unemployment Insurance data – November 15, 2008.
