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.