SALARY SURVEY

For our second annual salary survey, Sleep Review partnered this year with financial services company, Wachovia Capital Markets LLC. A total of 673 sleep professionals in various positions, from across the nation, responded to our survey. The salary figures are the respondents' reported base salaries; they do not include the value of additional bonuses, stock options, or other incentives.

The highest average salaries reported were around $50,000 in the Pacific, New England, and Mid-Atlantic regions. The number of responders for these regions was low, however (under six in each region).* The lowest average salary reported was in the West South Central. However, there was no data reported from the Mountain and West North Central regions.*

The West North Central saw the highest average salary at $222,500, though there were only two responders in this region.* With four sleep physicians responding, New England reported the lowest average salary at $96,750.*

The New England and South Atlantic regions reported the highest average salaries at around $71,000 each. At $53,316, the East South Central region reported the lowest average salary. New England saw the highest increase, jumping 39.7%, though fewer than 10 responded in both years. However, the South Atlantic, with 38 responders for 2007 and 37 for 2008, saw salaries jump about 17.6%, and West South Central saw an increase of 27.1% with 22 responders for 2007 and 21 for 2008.* With only 14 and 13 responders for 2007 and 2008, respectively, the Pacific region saw a decrease in average salary of 11%.

The Pacific region earned the highest average salary at $59,063. The East South Central region earned the least at $43,755. Compared to last year’s survey, the Pacific region increased its average salary by the widest margin, 14.5%*

New England region salaries reported the highest at $77,000, though there were only three responses from this region. East South Central had the lowest reported salary at $44,167.