Here is the average hourly salary of 38 jobs within hospitals, presented in ascending order of compensation. Data is the most recent available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
1. Maids and housekeeping cleaners: $15.35
2. Cooks: $16.19
3. Orderlies: $17.34
4. Nursing assistants: $17.41
5. Security guards: $17.64
6. Emergency medical technicians: $19.29
7. Pharmacy technicians: $19.35
8. Phlebotomists: $19.51
9. Medical records specialists: $24.56
10. Paramedics: $25.75
11. Surgical technologists: $27.64
12. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians: $28.43
13. Healthcare social workers: $30.17
14. Health information technologists and medical registrars: $31.38
15. Dietitians and nutritionists: $33.34
16. Radiologic technologists and technicians: $33.77
17. Public relations specialists: $37.76
18. Registered nurses: $42.80
19. Nuclear medicine technologists: $43.08
20. Physical therapists: $47.10
21. Nurse practitioners: $59.94
22. Physician assistants: $60.23
23. Medical and health services managers: $61.53
24. Pharmacists: $62.22
25. Pediatricians (general): $97.71
26. Nurse anesthetists: $98.93
27. Family medicine physicians: $107.91
28. General internal medicine physicians: $108.30
29. Psychiatrists: $118.92
30. Physicians, pathologists: $121.56
31. Neurologists: $122.84
32. OB-GYNs: $133.33
33. Anesthesiologists: $145.66
34. Emergency medicine physicians: $152.21
35. Dermatologists: $157.53
36. Radiologists: $158.21
37. Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric: $178.56
38. Cardiologists: $202.56
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