Hiring and retaining the best people are among your organization’s top priorities. With shifting workforce expectations and ongoing competition for top talent, timely insights into the local labor market are crucial to your organization’s compensation strategy. Thankfully, the 2026 HHRAM Healthcare Salary Survey has the answers you need to be competitive in this changing environment.

Your Winning Strategy

This annual survey gathers comprehensive data about clinical and non-clinical healthcare salaries across the Upper Midwest. You can use the survey results to gain an edge on your competition, and it’s a great value. HHRAM utilizes a tiered pricing model to make this survey accessible for organizations of all sizes! Plus, participating HHRAM members are eligible for a $90 discount on the survey’s results.

 

Need more reasons to participate in the survey? Refer a company or a colleague who then participates and buys the survey for the first time, and your results are FREE!

Save the Date!

Survey Opens: December 8, 2025*

Participation Deadline: February 13, 2026

Report Distribution: April 15, 2026

*Data effective date is January 1, 2026

How Much Does the Survey Cost?

The HHRAM Survey is unmatched in quality but comes at a fraction of the cost of comparable surveys. Our tiered pricing, based on organization type and size, guarantees your company receives the best possible rate. Plus, participating HHRAM members qualify for a $90 discount, making it an even greater value for all organizations – large or small.

2026 Pricing
Includes salary survey and pay practices results in PDF and Excel formats.

Organization Type	Non-Participant	Participant	Participant Member
Hospital/Health System - 5,000 or more FTEs	$2,920	$1,460	$1,370
Hospital/Health System - 1,000 to 4,999 FTEs	$2,170	$1,085	$995
Hospital/Health System - 301 to 999 FTEs	$1,640	$820	$730
Hospital/Health System - Up to 300 FTEs	$1,190	$595	$505
Clinics / LTC / Other Orgs - 1,000 or more FTEs	$1,480	$740	$650
Clinics / LTC / Other Orgs -  201 to 999 FTEs	$1,130	$565	$475
Clinics / LTC / Other Orgs - 101 to 200 FTEs	$920	$460	$370
Clinics / LTC / Other Orgs - Up to 100 FTEs	$660	$330	$240
Consultants - Professional Services Firm	$3,290		n/a

ABOUT HHRAM

The Healthcare Human Resources Association of Minnesota (HHRAM) is comprised of more than 200 members and includes representation of healthcare human resources professionals from across the state of Minnesota in all types of healthcare organizations including hospitals, clinics, long-term care and assisted living centers. HHRAM has a rich history of providing up-to-date information impacting human resources health care professionals.

Statement of Data Confidentiality

The objective of Lockton's survey reports and all methods and procedures used to produce the reports, is to provide maximum information value without disclosing any information that could be specifically associated with an individual survey participant.

All survey data submitted by participants for surveys conducted by Lockton is provided on the basis that the data confidentiality of each participant will be fully protected at all times.

Protection of confidentiality extends to compensation data reported and to any kind of observation or form of analysis that could serve to identify a company with its data to an experienced person.