Saint Joseph East

Working at Saint Joseph East

Saint Joseph East is a 108-bed acute care hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, with about 500 full-time-equivalent employees, or 4.6 staff per bed. The median across the 59 Kentucky hospitals of the same type that file cost reports is 5.9.

In the fiscal year ending June 2025, the hospital reported $1.3 million in contract labor for direct patient care, which is 2.8% of its payroll. The median for comparable Kentucky hospitals is 2.9%. That is about typical for a Kentucky hospital of this type.

Average pay per employee across all roles was $93,781, above the $87,357 median for comparable Kentucky 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 Kentucky hospital of this type, so focus your questions on the unit itself.
• Fewer staff per bed than most comparable Kentucky hospitals, so ask how assignments are built.

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