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Let's talkNCI Releases 2016 Survey Report on DSP Employment and Working Conditions
Date: 01/2018
National Core Indicators released its latest report on employment and working conditions for direct support professionals who work with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: The Staff Stability Survey Report. It features the results of the 2016 survey, run in 20 states and DC and covering approximately 3,000 providers.
Some key findings:
- Of the DSPs employed by respondents as of Dec. 31, 2016, 35% had been employed there for a year or less.
- Of the DSPs who left their positions in 2016, 59% had been employed there less than a year.
- The average turnover rate for DSPs ranged by state from 24.1% to 69.1%. The average across states was 45.5%.
- Across all service types and settings, DSPs received a median hourly wage of $11.41/hour.