Healthcare Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Health care administrators usually work in an office within a hospital, group medical practice, behavioral health, or nursing home. They spend lots of time outside the office speaking with people in different environments. A healthcare administrator can affect financial, staffing, and operational decisions.

Salary: The average pay for an entry level healthcare administrator is $56,369 per year. The range is between $34,814-$88,667. This amount doesn't include bonuses. Although, a healthcare administrator can earn up to $10,626 in bonuses.

Education: A Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration or business administration is a typical requirement. Higher-level health care administration have a masters degree in field such as public health and business.

Demand for this profession: There is a job growth for healthcare administrators of %23 through 2022. This is more than double the %11 growth expected for other jobs. It is expected that there will be 1.2 million new health care workers though 2022.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be this? Why? Why not?

I don’t think i would like to be this. The reason why i wouldn’t like it is because i wouldn't want to be in an office for a long time of the day. Although there are some things i do like of this career. Something i like is that they go out to see other environments to try to help people and improve the surrounds to help it become healthier.