Health unit coordinator salary

Open health unit coordinator jobs post a median of $22 an hour, with the middle half paying $20–$24.75: about $45,800 a year full time. Measured from 319 jobs at 95 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Health unit coordinator jobs

What health unit coordinators are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 319 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $12.50, the highest $68.63.

Posted on open jobs

$20–$24.75/hr

Middle half of 162 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $22. 43% of the 746 open health unit coordinator jobs state an hourly rate.

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Health unit coordinator pay by employer

What each employer posts for health unit coordinators, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Mass General Brigham	$22.50	$17.71–$29.35	20
Baptist Health South Florida	$18.75	$16–$21.09	17
Hackensack Meridian Health	$18.75	$18.65–$21.15	15
Capital Health	$19	$17–$20.85	13
UMass Memorial Health	$22.75	$15.75–$29.88	12
Inspira Health	$22	$18.09–$25.85	12
Boston Medical Center	$22.75	$17.50–$26.43	11
UW Health	$21.75	$19.59–$24.01	10
Northwestern Medicine	$21.25	$17.05–$25.58	9
Advocate Health	$24.75	$19.80–$29.70	7
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$23.50	$19.50–$27.59	7
South Shore Health	$23.25	$19.10–$27.30	7
Mayo Clinic	$26	$20–$31.21	6
Tufts Medicine	$21.25	$18.81–$23.51	6
AdventHealth	$20.75	$15.46–$26.67	6
MU Health Care	$19.25	$15–$23.64	6
Nationwide Children's Hospital	$19	$19.10–$20.50	6
BJC HealthCare	$17.75	$16.50–$19.11	6
CommonSpirit Health	$29	$16.10–$40.11	5
Providence	$22	$14.80–$33.78	5
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	$19.75	$17.49–$21.51	5
RWJBarnabas Health	$18.50	$16–$21.14	5
Emory Healthcare	$18	$18	5
Sutter Health	$34.75	$25–$48.69	4
Endeavor Health	$24.25	$19.71–$28.58	4
Brown University Health	$22	$18.04–$28.46	4
Emerson Hospital	$22	$18–$25	4
Essentia Health	$22	$17.63–$27.85	4
MerrimackHealth	$20.50	$16.18–$26.69	4
VCU Health	$19.50	$15.69–$23.53	4
UW Medicine	$29.50	$28–$29.41	3
Fairview Health Services	$27.75	$20.83–$32.42	3
HealthPartners	$21.50	$20.13–$30.19	3
Moffitt Cancer Center	$21.50	$16.75–$28.53	3
Rochester Regional Health	$18.50	$17.25–$19.89	3
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System	$18	$16.45–$18.05	3
MultiCare Health System	$32.75	$23.18–$44.99	2
San Antonio Regional Hospital	$27.75	$23–$32.61	2
Cedars-Sinai	$26.75	$25–$32.10	2
Southcoast Health System	$25.75	$25.46–$25.94	2

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Health unit coordinator pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
Washington	$29.25	$27.75–$29.75	$27.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	12
California	$28.25	$27.25–$29.75	$26.20 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
Minnesota	$23.50	$22.25–$25.25	$24.06 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
Massachusetts	$22.50	$21.50–$23.25	$24.18 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	77
Illinois	$22	$21.25–$22.75	$22.44 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	20
New York	$22	$19.75–$25.50	$22.94 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	14
Wisconsin	$21.75	$20.25–$23.25	$23.26 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	21
Florida	$21	$18.75–$21.25	$20.06 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	25
New Jersey	$20.25	$18.50–$21.75	$23.39 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	50
Missouri	$17.75	$17.75–$18	$21.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	12

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift health unit coordinator pay

Where one employer posts both night and other health unit coordinator jobs in the same state (11 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, state	Night jobs, median	Other jobs, median
Baptist Health South Florida, FL	$18.75 (3)	$18.75 (14)
Hackensack Meridian Health, NJ	$18.75 (2)	$18.75 (13)
Capital Health, NJ	$19 (3)	$19 (10)
Inspira Health, NJ	$22 (5)	$22 (7)
Northwestern Medicine, IL	$21.25 (3)	$21.25 (6)
South Shore Health, MA	$23.25 (2)	$23.25 (5)
Nationwide Children's Hospital, OH	$19.75 (2)	$19 (4)
AdventHealth, FL	$21 (2)	$20.75 (3)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open health unit coordinator jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Operating Room Unit Coordinator
Sentara Health · Woodbridge, VA· 4w ago
$47.42–$68.63/hr
Nursing Unit Coordinator - WMC ICU
United Health Services (New York) · Johnson City, NY· 3w ago
$44.77–$67.15/hr
Unit Secretary, Nursing
Sutter Health · San Francisco, CA· 3w ago
$34.78–$48.69/hr
Monitor Technician HUC
MultiCare Health System · Auburn, WA· 1w ago
$27.22–$44.99/hr
Unit Secretary
Sutter Health · Sacramento, CA· 3d ago
$30.03–$42.04/hr
Care Assistant HUC
CommonSpirit Health · Federal Way, WA· 2d ago
$24.83–$40.11/hr
ER Registration HUC
Snoqualmie Valley Health · Snoqualmie, WA· 2d ago
$24.18–$36.34/hr
Pediatric Care Technician/Health Unit Coordinator - Inpatient Float Pool - Part-time/Nights
Valley Children's Healthcare · Madera, CA· 2d ago
$24.15–$35.00/hr
Health Unit Coordinator - Medical/Oncology - UW Medical Center - Montlake (80% FTE, Evenings)
UW Medicine · Seattle, WA· 5d ago
$29.41/hr
Health Unit Coordinator - Medical/Surgical - UW Medical Center - Montlake (80% FTE, Days)
UW Medicine · Seattle, WA· 1w ago
$29.41/hr
Health Unit Coordinator - CICU- Full Time Day
Providence · Mission Viejo, CA· 5d ago
$25–$33.78/hr
Oncology Care Assistant - Health Unit Coordinator
CommonSpirit Health · Tacoma, WA· 6d ago
$23.57–$34.99/hr

Every open job: Health unit coordinator jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (43-6013)	$17.27 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$18.54 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$22.08 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$24.32 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$29.10 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)	961,610 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($22) is $0.08 below the BLS median ($22.08 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Health unit coordinator salary: common questions

How much does a health unit coordinator make an hour?

Open health unit coordinator jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $22, with the middle half between $20–$24.75 (319 jobs from 95 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $22.08/hr ($45,930 a year) for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in May 2025.

How much does a health unit coordinator make a year?

At the posted median of $22 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $45,800, and the middle half to $41,600 to $51,500. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay health unit coordinators the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($29.25), California ($28.25) and Minnesota ($23.50). The lowest: Missouri ($17.75), New Jersey ($20.25) and Florida ($21). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay health unit coordinators the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: CommonSpirit Health ($29), Mayo Clinic ($26) and Advocate Health ($24.75). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift health unit coordinators earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other health unit coordinator jobs in the same state (11 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 319 of 746 open health unit coordinator jobs (43%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (SOC 43-6013), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Health unit coordinator salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/health-unit-coordinator

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