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36 POPULATION HEALTH 36 CEO/STRATEGY From cleaners to the top exec, the average salary for 30 hospital jobs By Alia Paavola A cross the nation's more than 6,000 hos- pitals, chief executives make an average annual salary of $242,550, compared to phlebotomists, who make an average of $34,750 per year, according to Business Insider. Here is the average annual salary of 30 key hospital jobs, presented in ascending order of compensation: 1. Janitors and cleaners: $29,820 2. Orderlies: $30,000 3. Nursing assistants: $31,530 4. Cooks: $31,930 5. Phlebotomists: $34,750 6. Security guards: $36,680 7. Emergency medical technicians, paramed- ics: $38,710 8. Pharmacy technicians: $38,940 9. Medical records and health information technicians: $46,520 10. Surgical technologists: $48,670 11. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians: $55,890 12. Public relations specialists: $62,460 13. Dieticians: $62,720 14. Radiology techs: $62,760 15. Healthcare social workers: $64,510 16. Registered nurses: $77,670 17. Nuclear medicine technologists: $78,610 18. Physical therapists: $89,750 19. Physician assistants: $109,000 20. Nurse practitioners: $113,820 21. Medical and health service managers: $122,330 22. Pharmacists: $125,430 23. Financial managers: $146,540 24. Internists (general): $164,410 25. Nurse anesthetists: $186,840 26. Family and general practitioners: $206,430 27. Anesthesiologists: $211,540 28. Obstetricians and gynecologists: $215,710 29. Surgeons: $226,080 30. Chief executives: $242,550 n Eliminate Costly, Unwarranted Variation Lumere's clinically driven approach empowers evidence-based decisions about medical devices VISIT US AT BOOTH 301 Why Arizona's suburbs are telling for healthcare in 2020 By Morgan Haefner A s the 2020 election approaches, Arizona resi- dents are concerned about healthcare, an issue that may sway many independent and subur- ban voters to vote for candidates based on healthcare over party affiliation, according to The Wall Street Journal. In the 2018 midterms, residents of Arizona and oth- er swing states who previously voted for Republican candidates switched to Democrats. Healthcare was a major reason for this change. One right-leaning small business owner, April Gould, told the Journal: "Health- care in this country is a mess. We should get rid of the insurance game and make it one cost for everyone." In Arizona, the victory of Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sine- ma over Republican Sen. Martha McSally — who later was appointed to the seat vacated after the death of Republican John McCain — marked the first time the state elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988. Healthcare was a large part of Ms. Sinema's platform. It was also among the three issues voters deemed most important in the race, according to a poll from the Ari- zona Republic and Suffolk University in Boston cited by the Journal. n