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Appl Clin Inform 2025; 16(05): 1560-1567
DOI: 10.1055/a-2624-1875
Special Topic on Teaching and Training Future Health Informaticians

Salary Structures in Health Informatics Academia: A Preliminary Survey Analysis

Autoren

  • Sue S. Feldman

    1   Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Ben Martin

    2   Department of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Josette Jones

    3   Department of BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

  • Kim M. Unertl

    4   Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

  • Madison Fritts

    1   Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Paul Nagy

    2   Department of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • RaeLynn Gochnauer

    5   Membership and Strategic Development American Medical Informatics Association, Washington, DC, United States
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Abstract

Background

Health informatics continues to be a continuously evolving discipline. As a result, faculty in health informatics training programs cover a broad range of topics and work in highly diverse academic contexts. This is a strength of the field, and also introduces challenges in understanding faculty salary ranges and assessing potential salary disparities across contexts. Although limited studies have been done on salary ranges in specific academic contexts, prior to this, no comprehensive salary survey had been performed on faculty in health informatics.

Objectives

The goal of this study was to obtain a preliminary understanding of the salary ranges for academic health informatics faculty and contextual factors that affect salary ranges in this field.

Methods

A team of researchers affiliated with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Academic Forum collaboratively developed a survey focused on salary and factors that affect salary for health informatics faculty. The survey was distributed through official AMIA communication channels, including communications at the 2023 AMIA Symposium. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and an ordinal regression analysis was performed.

Results

Of 314 responses, 153 individuals employed by academic organizations reported their base salary information. A majority (61%) of these respondents reported working in a school of medicine, with PhD (59%) and MD (37%) degrees reported as the highest educational level for the majority of the sample. When adjusted for cost of living, there were statistically significant associations between salary and type of school/department, position/title, and highest degree. We also found that while salaries at the assistant professor level were between $120,000 and 159,999, those of associate and full professors were at or above $200,000.

Conclusion

The survey provided preliminary baseline data on salary ranges in academic health informatics programs and factors leading to salary differences. More data are needed on focused topics to extend the impact of this type of survey.

Keywords

informatics - salary trends - academic salaries - faculty compensation

Protection of Human and Animal Subjects

Due to the nature of the study, which involved secondary data analysis without direct interaction with human subjects, this study was conducted without prior Institutional Review Board approval. Efforts were made to ensure the integrity and validity of the findings.


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Eingereicht: 15. Juli 2024

Angenommen: 28. Mai 2025

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
31. Oktober 2025

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