As of 2014, entry-level health administration salaries in Texas ranged between $52,229 and $68,619, while the average salary was found to be $97,947 according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Salaries for the most experienced healthcare administrators ranged between $114,941 and $149,531 that year.
Job Outlook and Areas of Employment Growth for Healthcare Administrators in Texas
The healthcare administration profession is experiencing tremendous growth in Texas, according to long-term occupational growth projections published by the Texas Workforce Commission. In fact, between 2012 and 2022, it is expected that nearly 6,000 health administration jobs will be added statewide. This equates to a 30.2% growth rate over that 10-year period. It’s also worth mentioning that an additional 4,650 health administration jobs will become available due to replacement factors, mainly retirement.
One research report, Growth Abounds, published by the Texas Workforce Commission indicated that the healthcare setting experiencing the greatest need for healthcare administrators in Texas is ambulatory care. In the three-year period between 2012 and 2015, Tarrant County alone saw ambulatory care services increase by 16.4%, while North Central Texas saw an increase of 13.7%, and Dallas County saw an increase of 13.1%. During this same period, the Dallas County’s nursing/residential care facilities saw the number of people receiving care increase by 17.7%. Growth in specific segments of the healthcare system are strong indicators of a growing need for healthcare administration professionals to manage everything from staffing issues to operating costs.
Healthcare Administration Salaries in Texas According to Location
Geographic location is one factor that tends to affect salary expectations. This can be seen from the range of salaries shown here by city (Texas Workforce Commission, 2014):
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
- Entry-Level: $63,378
- Average: $108,909
- Experienced: $131,664
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
- Entry-Level: $60,819
- Average: $104,582
- Experienced: $126,464
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
- Entry-Level: $58,323
- Average: $88,858
- Experienced: $104,125
El Paso
- Entry-Level: $54,080
- Average: $89,253
- Experienced: $106,850
Corpus Christi
- Entry-Level: $53,997
- Average: $91,229
- Experienced: $109,845
Laredo
- Entry-Level: $61,422
- Average: $91,208
- Experienced: $106,122
Lubbock
- Entry-Level: $54,184
- Average: $88,088
- Experienced: $105,040
Amarillo
- Entry-Level: $56,680
- Average: $84,906
- Experienced: $99,029
An analysis of health administration salaries throughout Texas as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2014 is shown below for comparative purposes:
*Salaries are at or above $90 per hour and $187,199 per year. The US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics does not report salaries beyond these values.
