ChristianaCare, Delaware’s largest health system and private employer, raised its minimum wage to $16.50 an hour last week, a wage increase the system said affects about 850 workers.
Delaware’s minimum wage, currently $13.25 an hour, is scheduled to rise to $15 an hour on January 1st of next year.
The Inquirer reached out to Philadelphia-area health systems to see how ChristianaCare’s new minimum wage compares.
Crozer Health, Doylestown Health, Prime Healthcare and Tower Health did not respond to The Inquirer’s requests for information. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Cooper University Healthcare, Grand View Health, Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic and Pennsylvania Medicine declined to disclose their current minimum wages.
Temple Health had the highest minimum wage among systems that responded to the Inquirer’s request, at $18 an hour, about 2.5 times Pennsylvania’s minimum wage of $7.25.
Main Line Health reported a minimum wage of $15 an hour, the lowest among hospitals surveyed by the Inquirer but still more than double Pakris’ minimum wage.
On the other side of the Delaware River, the minimum wage is currently $15.13 an hour, while Inspira Health and Virtua Health in New Jersey reported hourly minimum wages of $15.72 and $16.47, respectively.
Jefferson Health, which has hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is raising its minimum wage to $17 an hour in January 2023.
