Since December 2025, the following hospitals and health systems have said they plan to raise their workers’ pay. Editor’s note: This webpage was created Jan. 9 and is updated regularly. It was last updated May 22. May 1. Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health raised its minimum wage to $18 an hour in May. The increase affects more than 4,200 workers across the health system and includes pay adjustments for employees earning less than $23 an hour and those in flat-rate positions paid below the new minimum. 2. Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals ratified their first labor contract, averting a five-day strike that was set to begin May 19 at Butler (Pa.) Memorial Hospital. The three-year agreement covers 235 employees, including surgical techs, respiratory therapists and radiology techs, and includes raises of at least 3% each year of the contract, according to the union. 3. Members of Northwestern Healthcare United at St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Center ratified their first labor contract after more than 14 months of negotiations, according to the St. Albans Messenger. The agreement raises the starting wage for registered nurses from $29 an hour to $34 to $36 an hour, the newspaper reported. The contract also includes provisions related to staffing, mandatory overtime and on-call scheduling. “We came to a good compromise,” union bargaining team member Emily Millman told the Messenger. Interim CEO Jonathan Billings said in a statement shared with Becker’s that the agreement “positions us well to continue to care…
