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Patient sitter salary in California

Open patient sitter jobs in California post a median of , the middle half (about $47,200 a year full time), $2.70 above the national posted median. From at that state their pay.

The jobs themselves: Patient sitter jobs in California · Patient sitter pay nationwide

What patient sitters are paid in California

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $22.68 an hour. Middle half $19.75 to $23.08. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 12 open jobs in California. Lowest posted $16.90, highest $40.63.

Posted on open jobs in California

$19.75–$23.08/hr

Middle half of 12 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $22.68. 80% of the 15 open patient sitter jobs in California state an hourly rate.

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Patient sitter pay by town in California

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Hemet$22.68$21–$24.364 (1)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Patient sitter pay by employer in California

What each employer posts for patient sitters here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
KPC Health$22.68$21–$24.364
Keck Medicine of USC$23.33$21–$24.662
PACS Group$17.47$16.90–$182
Sutter Health$34.83$29.03–$40.631
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura$26.38$24.15–$28.601
San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living$20.50$20.501
Redwood Grove Post Acute$17.08$17.081

Median of each employer's jobs in California (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for patient sitters nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open patient sitter jobs in California

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

What BLS measures in California

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, California. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Orderlies (31-1132)$19.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$22.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$24.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$30.29 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)$35.58 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)4,870 (source: BLS OEWS, Orderlies)

BLS median by metro area

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$23.93/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA)
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$22.81/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA)
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$33.59/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA)
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$29.99/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA)
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$23.75/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA)
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$31.63/hr (source: BLS OEWS, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA)
  • Fresno, CA$17.99/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Fresno, CA)
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA$24.09/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Bakersfield-Delano, CA)

Patient sitter salary in California: common questions

How much does a patient sitter make in California?

Open patient sitter jobs in California that state an hourly rate post a median of $22.68, the middle half $19.75–$23.08 (12 jobs from 7 employers). Full time that is about $47,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $24.00/hr ($49,920 a year) for people employed in the occupation in California (May 2025).

How does California compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in California ($22.68) is $2.70 above the national posted median of $19.98. In the BLS survey California ranks 1 of 48 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 12 of 15 open patient sitter jobs in California (80%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Patient sitter pay in other states

Patient sitter salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Nursing Assistants & Patient Care Techs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →California pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 13 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

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Patient sitter salary in California. Data as of 13 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/patient-sitter/california

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