The average physician signing bonus jumped 4.5 percent in the last year, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
The report is based on 2,695 physician and advanced practitioner search engagements conducted from April 1, 2021, to March 31.
Here is the average physician signing bonus over the last five years:
|
2021/22 |
$31,000 |
|
2020/21 |
$29,656 |
|
2019/20 |
$27,893 |
|
2018/19 |
$32,692 |
|
2017/2018 |
$33,707 |