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Patient sitter jobs in Alabama

open patient sitter jobs in Alabama at . BLS measures a median of $15.05 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Alabama) for orderlies here.

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Checked 2 Nov 2026, 07:47 UTC

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Where the patient sitter jobs are in Alabama

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What patient sitters earn in Alabama

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Alabama

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Alabama, May 2025

$15.05/hr ($31,310 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Alabama)

Median for orderlies, against $18.41 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies, national) for the whole US; 400 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Alabama) employed in Alabama.

Hourly wages in Alabama, BLS OEWS May 2025. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Orderlies (31-1132)$12.78 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$14.29 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$15.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$16.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$16.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)400 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$13.62 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)$14.45 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)$16.41 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)$17.49 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)$18.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)25,250 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants)

By metro area

  • Birmingham, AL$15.05/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Birmingham, AL) · 120 (source: BLS OEWS, Birmingham, AL) employed
  • Columbus, GA-AL$15.00/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Columbus, GA-AL) · 70 (source: BLS OEWS, Columbus, GA-AL) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Orderlies; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring patient sitters in Alabama

What the job takes

A high school diploma; hospitals train on the job, some ask for CNA certification.

Patient sitter jobs in Alabama: common questions

How much do patient sitters make in Alabama?

Too few open patient sitter jobs in Alabama post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $15.05/hr ($31,310 a year) for orderlies in Alabama (May 2025), against $18.41 nationally, 45th highest of 48 states and territories.

Where in Alabama are the most patient sitter jobs?

Fort Payne (1), Huntsville (1), Mobile (1) and Tuscaloosa (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring patient sitters in Alabama?

By open jobs on this board: HH Health System (2), DCH Health Care Authority (1) and Infirmary Health (1). In all, 4 employers have patient sitter jobs open in Alabama.

What do you need to work as a patient sitter in Alabama?

A high school diploma; hospitals train on the job, some ask for CNA certification. Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Alabama's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Alabama, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Alabama, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 2 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies (SOC 31-1132), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies, national, published 15 May 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Patient sitter jobs in Alabama. Data as of 2 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/patient-sitter/alabama

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