DETERMINANTS OF SALARIES EARNED - COMPARISONS OF BLACK-AND-WHITE HEALTH-CARE MANAGERS

We develop and test a model of salaries attained for four groups of he althcare executives: white males (n=216); black males (n=124), white f emales (n=249) and black females (n=139). We show that blacks are not earning as much as whites and that females of either race are earning less than males. Three sets of predictors are evaluated: individual ac hievements; access to employment by certain types of healthcare organi zations; and treatment within the employing organization. Individual a ttainments, such as years of experience, predict higher salaries in al l four groups. Only black males benefit from having taken a specialize d degree in healthcare management. Also, supervision of whites within the employing organization raises the salaries of all groups except wh ite females. Hospital employment, and private-sector employment play o nly an indirect role in salaries achieved by blacks in this 1991 surve y.