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Patient Care Technician Salary & Career Info
The outlook for this job is strong and the wages for this position reflect the growing demand across the different setting where you can expect to find employment as a patient care technician. According to the 2010 OES (Occupational Employment Statistics), you can expect the wages to be somewhere within the following ranges. What will make the ultimate difference is the setting, skills, qualifications and local cost of living adjustments.
- Overall the wage range for this type of position falls between $8.55 per hour on the low end and a high of $16.62 per hour. The average is $11.54/hr.
It is also important to remember that the wages do not necessarily mean that there is no room for adjustment or that they are exclusive to the position no matter where you find employment. Another key factor is the wages listed below do not reflect the patient care technician salary data for self-employed individuals.
The most fundamental expectation for this position would be the federal mandated minimum salary for any position listed through the US Department of Labor. Therefore, it is safe to say you can expect to start at the basic minimum wage for this position. Beyond that here is what you can expect in the way of patient care technician salary levels.
Keep in mind that this is an entry level medical position so the wages are not as high as in other sectors of the profession. The thing about working as a patient care tech though is that it can provide you with an “in” to other more advanced medical positions with salary figures that improve upon the patient care technician salary numbers you’ll see here.
Also it makes more sense to spend time gaining real-world experience for a wage than to get a lot of book learning if that coursework does not translate into landing a job.
Patient Care Technician Types of Jobs: Hourly Mean (Average) Wage
Health Care and Social Assistance: $11.96/hr
Ambulatory Health Care Services: $11.80/hr
Offices of Physicians: $12.70/hr
Offices of Other Health Practitioners: $11.64/hr
Offices of Chiropractors: $9.42/hr
Offices of Mental Health Practitioners: $9.07/hr
Offices of Physical Occupational and Speech Therapists and Audiologists: $11.45/hr
Offices of All Other Health Practitioners: $12.80/hr
Outpatient Care Centers: $13.21/hr
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers: $12.08/hr
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories: $12.83/hr
Home Health Care Services: $11.14/hr
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services: $11.41/hr
All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services: $11.46/hr
Hospitals: $12.85/hr
Hospitals – State government owned: $12.73/hr
Hospitals – Local government owned: $12.02/hr
Hospitals – Privately owned: $12.99
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: $12.87/hr
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals – State government owned: $13.46/hr
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals – Local government owned: $12.01/hr
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals – Privately owned: $13.00/hr
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals: $11.23/hr
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals – State government owned: $11.12/hr
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals – Privately owned: $11.31/hr
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals: $13.19/hr
Specialty hospitals State government owned: $13.19/hr
Specialty hospitals Privately owned: $13.20/hr
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities: $11.56/hr
Nursing Care Facilities: $11.66/hr
Residential Mental Retardation Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities: $11.30/hr
Residential Mental Retardation Facilities: $11.14/hr
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities: $12.05/hr
Community Care Facilities for the Elderly: $11.26/hr
Other Residential Care Facilities: $11.16/hr
Social Assistance: $10.38/hr
Individual and Family Services: $10.32/hr
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities: $10.27/hr
Community Food and Housing and Emergency and Other Relief Services: $13.05/hr
Vocational Rehabilitation Services: $10.51/hr
Child Day Care Services: $10.88/hr
What Does This Patient Care Technician Salary Data Mean?
This table is a listing of mean (average) salaries.
The patient care technician salary information in this table indicate that it is a good chance you can earn much more than this with the correct certifications, skill and years of experience.
Wage data from: BLS