Patient care technician salary
Open patient care technician jobs post a median of $22.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $20–$24.75: about $46,300 a year full time. Measured from 1,460 jobs at 128 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.
The jobs themselves: Patient care technician jobs
What patient care technicians 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 on open jobs
Middle half of 331 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $22.25. 37% of the 3,926 open patient care technician jobs state an hourly rate. 2 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.
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Patient care technician pay by employer
What each employer posts for patient care technicians, 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.
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.
Patient care technician 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.
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 patient care technician pay
Where one employer posts both night and other patient care technician jobs in the same state (57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hackensack Meridian Health, NJ | $20.75 (39) | $20.75 (58) |
| Northwestern Medicine, IL | $21.50 (52) | $21.50 (36) |
| UMass Memorial Health, MA | $23.25 (18) | $22.25 (61) |
| UPMC, PA | $24.25 (6) | $24.25 (69) |
| Endeavor Health, IL | $24.25 (32) | $24.25 (36) |
| Mass General Brigham, MA | $23 (10) | $23.50 (58) |
| Sentara Health, VA | $23.25 (7) | $23.25 (57) |
| BJC HealthCare, MO | $20.25 (15) | $20.25 (44) |
A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.
Patient care technician jobs that state a yearly salary
Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.
32 open jobs from 3 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $49,400, the middle half $48,300 to $50,100, from $41,923 to $60,080 posted.
Best-paid open patient care technician jobs
The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.
Patient Care Technician - Medical Surgical - Contract - Days - Hermitage, TN
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions · Nashville, TN· 2w ago
$42.78–$50.37/hr
Equipment and Patient Care Technician (EPCT), Psychiatric Acute, Per Diem, Variable Shift
MarinHealth · Greenbrae, CA· 2d ago
$33.75–$45.65/hr
Graduate Nurse Tech, Emergency Room
Mercyhealth · Rockford, IL· 4w ago
$18.40–$60.87/hr
Confluence Health · Wenatchee, WA· 2mo ago
$28.77–$45.93/hr
Nursing Technician - Pre-Admission Testing
Catholic Health (Long Island) · Bay Shore, NY· 5d ago
$37.25/hr
Patient Care Tech - DHK9 Practice - Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian · New York, NY· 3d ago
$33.80–$38.65/hrPatient Care Technician -Post Partum- Part Time Nights
NewYork-Presbyterian · New York, NY· 2d ago
$33.80–$38.65/hr
Patient Care Technician-Medsurg
MultiCare Health System · Covington, WA· 1w ago
$26.90–$44.47/hrHiring Event: RNs, LPNs, PCTs Wednesdays 9 AM to 4 PM
Ernest Health · Englewood, CO· 1d ago
$34.54/hr
Patient Care Assistant - FT - NIGHTS
Hospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY· 1mo ago
$33.79–$34.81/hrHospital for Special Surgery · New York, NY· 1mo ago
$33.79–$34.81/hr
Sutter Health · Vallejo, CA· 5d ago
$31.85–$36.61/hr
Every open job: Patient care technician 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.
| BLS occupation | 10th pct | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | 90th pct | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing Assistants (31-1131) | $16.32 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) | $17.91 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) | $20.32 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) | $22.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) | $24.99 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) | 1,448,910 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab) |
The posted median ($22.25) is $1.93 above the BLS median ($20.32 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nursing 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.
Patient care technician salary: common questions
How much does a patient care technician make an hour?
Open patient care technician jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $22.25, with the middle half between $20–$24.75 (1,460 jobs from 128 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 $20.32/hr ($42,260 a year) for nursing assistants in May 2025.
How much does a patient care technician make a year?
At the posted median of $22.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $46,300, and the middle half to $41,600 to $51,500. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 32 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $49,400.
Which states pay patient care technicians the most?
By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($28.50), New York ($26.75) and California ($26.25). The lowest: Tennessee ($19.50), Indiana ($19.75) and Ohio ($19.75). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.
Which employers pay patient care technicians the most?
Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Overlake Medical Center ($32.25), Children's National Hospital ($31.25) and MultiCare Health System ($30.50). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.
Do night shift patient care technicians earn more?
Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other patient care technician jobs in the same state (57 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: 1,460 of 3,926 open patient care technician jobs (37%) 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
- 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: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by state, published May 15, 2026
- BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Nursing Assistants (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Patient care technician salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/patient-care-technician