Bennington, Vermont: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Southwestern Vermont Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 6th highest registered nurse average of 6 Vermont hospitals. It is Southwestern Vermont Health Care's, hiring on this site.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center: common questions
How much does Southwestern Vermont Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT reported an average of $46.57 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 6th highest of 6 Vermont hospitals. Vermont's hospitals together averaged $66.30 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Southwestern Vermont Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $26.18 an hour (Vermont $36.83). Nursing aide hours averaged $20.18 an hour (Vermont $31.45). Medical assistant hours averaged $20.70 an hour.
What is Southwestern Vermont Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
3 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 79% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 72% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a non-profit hospital (every Vermont hospital by rating).
Is Southwestern Vermont Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Southwestern Vermont Health Care's, and Southwestern Vermont Health Care's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Vermont.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 470012. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Southwestern Vermont Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/vermont/southwestern-vermont-medical-center