College Medical Center

Working at College Medical Center

College Medical Center is a 220-bed acute care hospital in Long Beach, California, with about 864 full-time-equivalent employees, or 3.9 staff per bed. The median across the 276 California hospitals of the same type that file cost reports is 5.6.

In the fiscal year ending December 2024, the hospital reported $4.0 million in contract labor for direct patient care, which is 5.4% of its payroll. The median for comparable California hospitals is 4.4%. That is about typical for a California hospital of this type.

Average pay per employee across all roles was $85,306, below the $129,800 median for comparable California hospitals. That figure covers every job in the hospital, not nurses alone.

What this means if you apply here

• Contract spending here is not unusual for a California hospital of this type, so focus your questions on the unit itself.
• Fewer staff per bed than most comparable California hospitals, so ask how assignments are built.

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