Skip to content

Patient sitters

Patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania

7 open patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania at 3 employers. BLS measures a median of $19.30 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Pennsylvania, opens in a new tab) for orderlies here.

7
Open in PA
3
Employers hiring
6
Towns
$19.30
BLS median in PA
13th of 48 states and territories

Newest patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania

Checked 44 min ago

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Every CNA and patient care technician jobs in Pennsylvania →Patient sitter jobs in every state →
Sitter alerts

Sitter in Pennsylvania: new openings every week

A weekly email with the newest Sitter openings in Pennsylvania, taken from the employers' own careers sites. Free, stop anytime.

Only job openings in your inbox. Leave anytime with one click.

Where the patient sitter jobs are in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania

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

Measured by BLS in Pennsylvania, May 2025

$19.30/hr ($40,140 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Pennsylvania, opens in a new tab)

Median for orderlies, against $18.41 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 3,550 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Orderlies in Pennsylvania, opens in a new tab) employed in Pennsylvania.

Hourly wages in Pennsylvania, BLS OEWS May 2025. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Orderlies (31-1132)$17.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)$18.39 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)$19.30 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)$21.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)$21.85 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)3,550 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies, opens in a new tab)
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$18.16 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$18.88 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$21.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)67,740 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

By metro area

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

Employers hiring patient sitters in Pennsylvania

What the job takes

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

Patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania: common questions

How much do patient sitters make in Pennsylvania?

Too few open patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $19.30/hr ($40,140 a year) for orderlies in Pennsylvania (May 2025), against $18.41 nationally, 13th highest of 48 states and territories.

Where in Pennsylvania are the most patient sitter jobs?

Wynnewood (2), Bryn Mawr (1), Danville (1), Media (1) and Paoli (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring patient sitters in Pennsylvania?

By open jobs on this board: Main Line Health (5), Geisinger (1) and UPMC (1). In all, 3 employers have patient sitter jobs open in Pennsylvania.

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

A high school diploma; hospitals train on the job, some ask for CNA certification. Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Pennsylvania'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.

Keep exploring

Patient sitter jobs in other states

Other CNAs & PCTs occupations in Pennsylvania

Every healthcare job in Pennsylvania →Patient sitter jobs →Every occupation →

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Pennsylvania, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Pennsylvania, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 23, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies (SOC 31-1132), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies, national, published May 15, 2026
  5. BLS OEWS May 2025: Orderlies by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Patient sitter jobs in Pennsylvania. Data as of October 23, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/patient-sitter/pennsylvania

How the board counts