PAYBEACON DATA FACT SHEET
CMS HCRIS FY2024 benchmark change report
Published: 2026-07-19

HEADLINE FINDING
Across 1,540 comparable travel-healthcare benchmarks, the median modeled change from May 2025|FY2023|CY2026 to May 2025|FY2024|CY2026 was -8.6%. 63 rows increased, 1,465 decreased, and 12 were unchanged.

LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC MOVERS
- Increase: Charleston–North Charleston, SC (+12.7%)
- Decrease: Salt Lake City–Murray, UT (-24.0%)

OCCUPATION MEDIANS
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographer: $2,223 to $2,028 median (-8.6%)
- MRI Technologist: $2,191 to $2,009 median (-8.6%)
- Occupational Therapist: $2,331 to $2,143 median (-8.5%)
- Physical Therapist: $2,396 to $2,209 median (-8.6%)
- Radiologic Technologist: $1,924 to $1,748 median (-8.6%)
- Registered Nurse: $2,173 to $1,985 median (-8.5%)
- Respiratory Therapist: $1,923 to $1,793 median (-8.5%)
- Speech-Language Pathologist: $2,186 to $2,025 median (-8.6%)
- Surgical Technologist: $1,545 to $1,412 median (-8.6%)

INTERPRETATION
This is a change in PayBeacon's deterministic model after a validated government-source transition. It is not a live-job posting index and does not prove that available contract packages moved by the same percentage. Benchmarks are pre-tax gross-wage comparisons and exclude stipends, overtime, reimbursements, insurance, and other package components.

SOURCES AND REPRODUCTION
Report: https://travelpaybeacon.com/reports/hcris-fy2024-benchmark-changes
Row-level CSV: https://travelpaybeacon.com/data/reports/hcris-fy2024-benchmark-changes.csv
Methodology: https://travelpaybeacon.com/methodology
Source registry: https://travelpaybeacon.com/sources
Data license: https://travelpaybeacon.com/data-license

SUGGESTED ATTRIBUTION
PayBeacon analysis of BLS OEWS, CMS HCRIS, and state-government data (2026-07-19). PayBeacon's derived conclusions are not attributable to CMS, HCRIS, BLS, or any state agency.

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