Staffers Getting Raises This Year at Philadelphia-Area Health Systems

In the last three months, five health systems in the region announced they would raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Health system	Total employees	Employees affected by raise	Pct. of staff affected
Virtua Health	9,0009000	900900	10%10
Jefferson	30,00030000	1,8001800	6%6
Cooper University Health Care	7,5007500	750750	10%10
Christiana Care Health System	12,00012000	500500	4%4
Main Line Health	12,00012000	1,2001200	10%10

Note: Christiana Care Health System's wage hike will go into effect on Feb. 1, while workers at the other health systems saw an increase in their paycheck in January. These numbers do not include subcontracted workers, as the wage raise did not apply to them. Health systems declined to share numbers of subcontracted workers.