This section provides salary information for healthcare-focused corporate communications executives at large, medium and small companies nationwide. This information is derived from HPRMN's sister publication, PR NEWS's 1999 Salary Survey, and Marshall Consultants, an executive search firm with offices in New York and Malibu, Calif. The firm's national database contains career information on more than 15,000 communications professionals with agency and/or corporate backgrounds in corporate communications, public relations, investor relations, public affairs, marketing, advertising and marketing communications as well as recruiters' knowledge of U.S. salaries. For more information about the survey, contact Larry Marshall at 212/628-8400 or www.marshallconsultants.com. For more information on the PR News Salary Survey, contact Assistant Managing Editor Roger Friedman at 301/ 340-7788, ext 2097.
Healthcare Corporate Communications/Public Relations/Investor Relations
(Corporate Salary Averages by Title, Company Size and Industry)
| Position | Large Cos. | Medium Cos. | Small Cos. |
| SR. VICE PRESIDENT | $302,000 | $207,000 | $153,500 |
| VICE PRESIDENT | $265,000 | $208,750 | $158,800 |
| Director | $182,200 | $168,500 | $122,300 |
| Manager | $102,500 | $98,700 | $82,900 |
| Specialist | $79,500 | $70,700 | $61,500 |
| Key: Large companies: sales above $1 billion Mid-size companies: sales between $400 million and $1 billion Small companies: sales less than $400 million |
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