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.
Reduced reimbursement coupled with increased regulatory scrutiny in the nursing home business. Greater competition in the assisted living sector. In a perfect world, compensation would rise with the challenges. But Contemporary's 1999 administrative and nursing salary survey reveals only a slight increase in pay for management types like admins and DONs, and virtually no increase for direct-care employees. And industry representatives, consultants, recruiters, and others are not happy about it.