Health Care Workforce Pay Gaps: COVID-19 Modestly Compressed Wage Disparities, 2015–24


  • Abstract

    Using data from the Current Population Survey, we examined trends in median earnings among health care workers during the period 2015–24. We found that the workers in the lowest-earning occupations in the health care professions experienced gains of approximately 13 percent in this period—significantly higher than other groups.


  • Authors:

    Dill J, Trotter LJ, Woodward KF, Mulcahy J, Frogner BK

  • Journal/Publisher:

    Health Affairs

  • Edition:

    Nov 2025.

  • Funder:

    HRSA: HWRC Health Equity

  • Link to Article

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  • Citation:

    Dill J, Trotter LJ, Woodward KF, Mulcahy J, Frogner BK. Health care workforce pay gaps: COVID-19 modestly compressed wage disparities, 2015–24. Health Aff. 2025 Nov;44(11):1426-1431. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2025.00015.

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