Here is the highest-paying state or place for 25 jobs within hospitals. Data is the most recent available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Highest-paying state: Hawaii
Annual mean wage: $47,350
Cooks
Highest-paying state: Hawaii
Annual mean wage: $45,080
Orderlies
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $49,520
Nursing assistants
Highest-paying state: Alaska
Annual mean wage: $44,420
Security guards
Highest-paying place: District of Columbia
Annual mean wage: $52,940
Emergency medical technicians
Highest-paying state: Hawaii
Annual mean wage: $56,790
Pharmacy technicians
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $52,090
Phlebotomists
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $50,470
Medical records specialists
Highest-paying state: New Jersey
Annual mean wage: $68,500
Paramedics
Highest-paying state: Washington
Annual mean wage: $90,980
Surgical technologists
Highest-paying state: Alaska
Annual mean wage: $73,960
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Highest-paying state: New York
Annual mean wage: $76,110
Healthcare social workers
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $88,380
Health information technologists and medical registrars
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $95,520
Dietitians and nutritionists
Highest-paying place: District of Columbia
Annual mean wage: $83,550
Radiologic technologists and technicians
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $99,680
Public relations specialists
Highest-paying place: District of Columbia
Annual mean wage: $119,270
Registered nurses
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $133,340
Nuclear medicine technologists
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $128,900
Physical therapists
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $114,230
Nurse practitioners
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $158,130
Physician assistants
Highest-paying state: Washington
Annual mean wage: $145,390
Medical and health services managers
Highest-paying state: New York
Annual mean wage: $171,620
Pharmacists
Highest-paying state: California
Annual mean wage: $151,280
Family medicine physicians
Highest-paying state: South Carolina
Annual mean wage: $309,270
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