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CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, NJ

open CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, New Jersey, at , typically posting . Help patients with daily care, vital signs and getting around, as part of the nursing team.

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Checked 12 Nov 2026, 07:49 UTC

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CNAs & PCTs occupations in Passaic

Each opens the town's jobs in that occupation.

What CNA and patient care technician jobs pay in Passaic

Typical posted hourly pay

$21.14–$22.69/hr

The middle half of 4 posted hourly rates from 4 employers, median $21.98/hr.

Occupation (BLS)Median /hrMedian a yearEmployed in area
Psychiatric Technicians(29-2053 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-2053))$28.18 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$58,610 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)2,980 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Psychiatric Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Registered Nurses(29-1141 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-1141))$57.56 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$119,720 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)197,740 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Registered Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses(29-2061 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-2061))$36.50 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$75,910 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)32,410 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides(31-1120 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 31-1120))$19.08 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$39,680 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)644,700 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians(29-2034 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-2034))$49.39 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$102,730 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)12,700 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Respiratory Therapists(29-1126 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-1126))$53.12 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Respiratory Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$110,490 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Respiratory Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)7,010 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Respiratory Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Nursing Assistants(31-1131 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 31-1131))$23.69 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nursing Assistants, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$49,270 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nursing Assistants, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)79,480 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nursing Assistants, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Nuclear Medicine Technologists(29-2033 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-2033))$60.26 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$125,340 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)940 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)
Physical Therapists(29-1123 (source: BLS OEWS occupation profile, SOC 29-1123))$51.75 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physical Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)$107,650 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physical Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)21,240 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Physical Therapists, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area)

Source: BLS OEWS May 2025: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area.

Hospitals hiring CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, by Medicare rating

The hospitals in Passaic of the employers hiring CNA and patient care technician jobs here, with Medicare's star rating (Jul 2026) and the share of patients who said their nurses always communicated well. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

Every New Jersey hospital hiring here, by rating

CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, NJ: common questions

What do CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, NJ pay?

Across 4 open CNA and patient care technician jobs here that post an hourly rate, from 4 employers, the middle half pays $21.14–$22.69 an hour, median $21.98.

Who has the most CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, NJ?

By open jobs on this board: Prime Healthcare (5), ScionHealth (2) and Avalon Rehabilitation & Care Center (1).

How does Medicare rate the hospitals hiring CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic?

St Mary's General Hospital: 3 of 5 stars, 73% 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.

What do hospitals in Passaic pay nursing aides per hour?

By each hospital's own report to Medicare (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits), nursing aide hours averaged $19.69 at St Mary's General Hospital, against $24.44 an hour across New Jersey's hospitals. An average over every hour, not one job's pay. Every New Jersey hospital.

What do you need to get hired?

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

Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations names Passaic and its kind of job is CNAs & PCTs. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Passaic, NJ, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 12 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  3. US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files (places)

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). CNA and patient care technician jobs in Passaic, NJ. Data as of 12 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/states/new-jersey/passaic/nursing-assistants

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