2010 CIO Salaries, Staff and Budgets

I am pleased to present some of the key findings from a web based survey of 85 health system CIOs from 34 states representing 326 hospitals and over 65,000 beds.  The Sanford Rose Associates 2010 Health System CIO Survey was open in February and March 2010.  Respondents represented a mix of healthcare organizations including community based hospitals, integrated delivery systems, academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, ambulatory centers and a health plan.  Over 50% of the CIOs represented organizations with 2 or more hospitals and close to 20% have health systems with more than 1000 beds.  

Budgets and Staff 

Number of hospitals	Average IT operating budget		Average IT capital budget		Average IT staff Size
Single Hospital		$15.2 million		$6.2 million	53
2 Hospital System		$13.9 million		$7.8 million	64
3-9 Hospital System		$25.9 million		$13.9 million	151
10 and over Hospital System		$58.6 million		$27.6 million	370

Base Salaries and Bonuses
The overall average base salary for the 85 CIO participants was $212,040 with a high of $400,000 and a low of $99,500.  CIOs who work at organizations with 2 or more hospitals in their health systems averaged $200,303 and CIOs with 3 to 9 hospitals averaged $254,000 and CIOs with 10 or more hospitals averaged $282,166.   Here are the average base salaries by region of the United States.

East North Central	$198,320
East South Central	$244,500
Middle Atlantic	$185,435
Mountain	$248,000
New England	$198,688
Pacific	$269,500
South Atlantic	$229,077
West North Central	$203,043
West South Central	$178,112

56% of the CIOs mentioned getting bonuses from a low of 1% to a high of 60% potential.  Other perks include auto allowance, tuition allowance, executive perks, SERP and stock options.

Thank you to the participants and for those interested in more in-depth survey results contact me at [email protected].