CNA and patient care technician jobs in Columbia, MD

Across 7 open CNA and patient care technician jobs here that post an hourly rate, from 5 employers, the middle half pays $18.56–$21.25 an hour, median $18.75.

By open jobs on this board: Johns Hopkins Medicine (5), Interim Healthcare - Columbia, MD (2) and Lorien Health Services (2).

Ranked by the hourly rates each one posts for the CNA and patient care technician jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: The Lisa Vogel Agency (a median of $23 an hour across 1 posted rate), Brightview Senior Living (most often $20–$23 an hour, a median of $21.50 across 1 posted rate) and Lorien Health Services (most often $18.75–$20.88 an hour, a median of $19.81 across 2 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

1 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here says so in its own posting: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Private Duty at BAYADA Home Health Care (...Coverage Plans. To learn more about BAYADA Benefits, click here Weekly pay Flexible scheduling to fit...).

2 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here say so in their own posting: CNA-I - (former GNA) at Lorien Health Services (...$22.00 per hour (based on experience) Shift differentials available Same Day Pay for all employees...); CNA-II - Assisted Living at Lorien Health Services (...$17.50 – $19.75 per hour (based on experience) Shift differentials Same Day Pay for all employees...).

Of the one nursing home in Columbia hiring on this site, by what each reports to Medicare (Oct 2026): Lorien Health Systems - Columbia (one aide for every 11.3 residents, posting a middle of $19.81 an hour). The middle nursing home in Maryland has one aide on duty for every 11.8 residents. Every one is listed with its turnover and ratings.

Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center: 3 of 5 stars, 76% of patients said nurses always communicated well (Medicare, Jul 2026). Each one opens its employer's other hospitals and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

By each hospital's own report to Medicare (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits), nursing aide hours averaged $25.14 at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, against $23.04 an hour across Maryland's hospitals. An average over every hour, not one job's pay. Every Maryland hospital.

State CNA certification for most roles; some hospitals train you or hire nursing students as techs. Each posting lists its own requirements.