Every other year Colorado Community Health Network conducts a survey of all the Colorado Community Health Centers’ (CHCs) salary, benefits, and turnover information. In May of 2012, 15 CHCs responded to the survey that provided exciting data about Colorado CHCs.
Colorado CHCs salaries stack up well compared to CHCs throughout the United States and the Colorado private sector. We learned that compensation for physicians and dentists working at Colorado CHCs is higher than those CHCs nationally and sometimes higher than the Colorado private sector.
Position |
Colorado CHC Average |
National CHC Average (Source: NACHC Health Center Compensation and Benefits Report 2011-2012) |
Colorado Private Sector (Source: U.S Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Report: Colorado 2011-2012) |
| Dentist | $ 120,415 | $ 116,449 | $ 132,660 |
| Nurse Practitioner | $ 89,020 | $ 81,975 | Not Available |
| Physician Assistant | $ 87,560 | $ 80,831 | $ 85,440 |
| Physician Family Practice | $ 150,589 | $ 145,540 | $ 183,630 |
| Physician Internal Medicine | $ 169,678 | $ 160,072 | $ 168,439 |
| Physician OB/GYN | $ 227,662 | $ 227,000 | $ 205,470 |
Colorado CHCs have demonstrated decreasing turnover rates now at 18.1 percent. Clinical providers are at an all-time low turnover rate of 9.8 percent and mid-level providers recorded at 12 percent. Colorado CHCs are retaining staff longer and show the average years of employment for:
- providers at 6 years.
- mid-level providers at 5.7 years.
- clinical support staff at 5 years.
- administrative staff at 6.8 years.
Other than competitive salaries, lower turnover rates, and longer years of service, CHCs provide satisfying employment by offering robust benefits packages, high quality health care, greater scope of practice, relationships and teamwork with other employees, and a mission driven setting.
CHCs are the future of health care. CHCs value innovation by continually exploring new ways of doing things, striving to be ahead of the curve, and listening to and forecasting patients’ needs. Continually making health care improvements within their communities is a constant focus of CHCs.
Learn more about working at Colorado CHCs by clicking here and selecting an individual website link.
