This article reports results of a survey about employment and compensation models for clinical ethics consultants working in the United States and discusses the relevance of these results for the professionalization of clinical ethics. This project uses self-reported data from healthcare ethics consultants to estimate compensation across different employment models. The average full-time annualized salary of respondents with a clinical doctorate is $188,310.08 (SD=$88,556.67), $146,134.85 (SD=$55,485.63) for those with a non-clinical doctorate, and $113,625.00 (SD=$35,872.96) for those with a masters as their highest degree. Pay differences across degree level and type were statistically significant (F = 3.43; p < .05). In a multivariate model, there is an average increase of $2,707.84 for every additional year of experience, controlling for having a clinical doctorate (ß=0.454; p < .01). Our results also show high variability in the backgrounds and experiences of healthcare ethics consultants and a wide variety of employment models. The significant variation in employment and compensation models is likely to pose a challenge for the professionalization of healthcare ethics consultation.

本文报告了一项关于在美国工作的临床伦理顾问的就业和薪酬模式的调查结果，并讨论了这些结果与临床伦理专业化的相关性。该项目使用医疗道德顾问的自我报告数据来估算不同就业模式的薪酬。拥有临床博士学位的受访者平均全职年薪为 $188,310.08 (SD=$88,556.67)，拥有非临床博士学位的受访者平均全职年薪为 $146,134.85 (SD=$55,485.63)，拥有硕士学位的受访者平均全职年薪为 $113,625.00 (SD=$35,872.96)最高学位。不同学位级别和类型的薪酬差异具有统计显着性（F = 3.43；p < .05）。在多变量模型中，在控制拥有临床博士学位的情况下，每增加一年经验，平均增加 2,707.84 美元 (ß=0.454；p < .01)。我们的结果还显示医疗道德顾问的背景和经验以及各种就业模式存在很大差异。就业和薪酬模式的显着差异可能会对医疗伦理咨询的专业化构成挑战。