Those whose facilities provide more than one type of care were grouped according to their primary responsibility. Overall averages include respondents who work in hospital-based SNFs as well. The results were tabulated by Philadelphia-based Hamlyn Senior Marketing. The National Average by Sector Assisted living facilities pay administrators better than nursing facilities do, but salaries for nursing staff are less generous, reflecting their lesser responsibilities. When it comes to LPNs and nursing assistants, there's little difference in salary among the sectors.
Time spent in the industry usually is rewarded in the form of a higher salary.
In 1998, that number dropped to 17 percent for administrators and plummeted to 8 percent for DONs. On average, the upside salary-wise is better in nursing than in assisted living when it comes to years of experience. Nursing Assisted living Male admin.