Key Factors That Influence Patient Assistant Salaries
A Patient Assistant's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors.
Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, skills
and company size
can directly affect your earning potential.
How Experience Level Affects Patient Assistant Salaries?
Experience is a primary driver of a Patient Assistant's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:
Salaries can also vary between different cities.
Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay.
Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:
San Jose: $92,983
San Francisco: $91,964
Oakland: $90,026
San Jose, CA$92,983
San Francisco, CA$91,964
Oakland, CA$90,026
New York, NY$84,880
Paramus, NJ$83,848
Queens Village, NY$83,844
Passaic, NJ$83,774
Bergenfield, NJ$83,768
Stamford, CT$83,605
Huntington, NY$83,575
Newark, NJ$83,030
Bridgeport, CT$82,875
Vallejo, CA$82,728
New Brunswick, NJ$82,699
Petaluma, CA$82,654
Middlesex, NJ$82,514
Somerset, NJ$82,463
Santa Cruz, CA$82,367
Boston, MA$81,917
Monterey, CA$81,658
Seattle, WA$81,490
Santa Rosa, CA$81,475
Los Angeles, CA$81,453
Juneau, AK$81,261
Washington, DC$81,180
Orange, CA$80,918
Santa Ana, CA$80,723
Long Beach, CA$80,649
Anaheim, CA$80,634
Anchorage, AK$80,598
Santa Maria, CA$80,376
Everett, WA$80,362
Danbury, CT$80,102
Bremerton, WA$80,001
Tacoma, WA$79,735
New Suffolk, NY$79,734
Sacramento, CA$79,713
Santa Barbara, CA$79,632
Trenton, NJ$79,551
San Diego, CA$79,551
Brockton, MA$79,470
Fairbanks, AK$79,289
Lompoc, CA$79,101
Lowell, MA$79,041
Ventura, CA$79,027
Nashua, NH$79,013
Stockton, CA$79,005
Modesto, CA$78,467
Poughkeepsie, NY$78,305
Olympia, WA$78,165
Kennewick, WA$78,165
New Haven, CT$78,135
Lawrence, MA$77,870
Hartford, CT$77,796
Riverside, CA$77,782
New Bedford, MA$77,708
Richland, WA$77,708
Bakersfield, CA$77,605
San Bernardino, CA$77,575
New Britain, CT$77,568
Atlantic City, NJ$77,568
New London, CT$77,538
Norwich, CT$77,516
Portsmouth, NH$77,501
Boulder, CO$77,345
Portland, OR$77,243
Worcester, MA$77,236
Minneapolis, MN$77,007
Philadelphia, PA$76,904
Honolulu, HI$76,661
Saint Paul, MN$76,626
Vineland, NJ$76,609
Providence, RI$76,396
Chicago, IL$76,182
Bellingham, WA$76,093
Springfield, MA$76,034
Baltimore, MD$76,012
Chico, CA$75,828
Pittsfield, MA$75,629
Manchester, NH$75,489
Spokane, WA$75,165
Denver, CO$75,157
Albany, NY$74,811
Troy, NY$74,781
Nassau, NY$74,702
Schenectady, NY$74,626
Wilmington, DE$74,567
Burlington, VT$74,464
Salem, OR$74,435
Portland, ME$74,206
Yakima, WA$74,132
Rochester, MN$73,904
Reno, NV$73,867
Fresno, CA$73,867
Milwaukee, WI$73,801
Detroit, MI$73,727
Ann Arbor, MI$73,714
Allentown, PA$73,705
Colorado Springs, CO$73,580
Syracuse, NY$73,543
Carson City, NV$73,543
Houston, TX$73,439
Eugene, OR$73,403
Gary, IN$73,314
Springfield, OR$73,255
Bismarck, ND$73,240
Galveston, TX$73,189
Medford, OR$73,078
Fort Collins, CO$73,049
Concord, NH$73,012
Austin, TX$72,990
Mesa, AZ$72,835
Reading, PA$72,828
Phoenix, AZ$72,820
Dallas, TX$72,798
Saint Cloud, MN$72,727
Madison, WI$72,629
Utica, NY$72,430
Rochester, NY$72,312
Des Moines, IA$72,304
Raleigh, NC$72,297
Atlanta, GA$72,186
Battle Creek, MI$72,164
Salt Lake City, UT$72,142
Lancaster, PA$72,031
Harrisburg, PA$71,928
Kansas City, MO$71,854
Champaign, IL$71,840
Kansas City, KS$71,840
Fort Worth, TX$71,832
Columbus, OH$71,820
Boca Raton, FL$71,803
Pittsburgh, PA$71,773
Richmond, VA$71,744
Indianapolis, IN$71,729
Cleveland, OH$71,722
Las Vegas, NV$71,633
Cincinnati, OH$71,633
Petersburg, VA$71,523
Huntsville, AL$71,412
Lansing, MI$71,363
Lebanon, PA$71,353
Pueblo, CO$71,346
Appleton, WI$71,324
Buffalo, NY$71,294
Dayton, OH$71,272
Racine, WI$71,257
Charlotte, NC$71,250
Saint Louis, MO$71,228
York, PA$71,184
Elkhart, IN$71,184
Gastonia, NC$71,170
Billings, MT$71,152
Beaumont, TX$71,132
Lorain, OH$71,117
Benton Harbor, MI$71,103
Toledo, OH$71,088
Binghamton, NY$71,051
Rock Hill, SC$71,044
Rockford, IL$71,007
Springfield, IL$70,977
Elyria, OH$70,970
Fargo, ND$70,970
Flagstaff, AZ$70,918
Fort Lauderdale, FL$70,874
Duluth, MN$70,830
Miami, FL$70,830
Cheyenne, WY$70,778
Grand Forks, ND$70,778
Bangor, ME$70,616
Cedar Rapids, IA$70,535
Durham, NC$70,504
Louisville, KY$70,498
Grand Rapids, MI$70,483
Hialeah, FL$70,476
Casper, WY$70,373
Scranton, PA$70,284
New Orleans, LA$70,262
Virginia Beach, VA$70,255
Akron, OH$70,218
Peoria, IL$70,122
Sarasota, FL$70,107
Nashville, TN$70,056
Omaha, NE$70,056
Green Bay, WI$70,056
Baton Rouge, LA$70,019
Charleston, SC$70,004
Jamestown, NY$69,967
Davenport, IA$69,967
Tucson, AZ$69,930
Saint Petersburg, FL$69,886
Tampa, FL$69,871
Evansville, IN$69,827
Port Arthur, TX$69,827
Bradenton, FL$69,798
Santa Fe, NM$69,665
Orlando, FL$69,532
Clearwater, FL$69,510
Canton, OH$69,355
La Crosse, WI$69,355
Albuquerque, NM$69,311
Newport News, VA$69,304
High Point, NC$69,282
Ogden, UT$69,252
Corpus Christi, TX$69,193
Norfolk, VA$69,149
Laramie, WY$69,149
Rock Island, IL$69,105
Saginaw, MI$69,090
Jacksonville, FL$69,083
Salisbury, NC$69,068
Boise, ID$69,053
Moline, IL$69,016
Fort Myers, FL$68,994
Memphis, TN$68,979
Tulsa, OK$68,943
Waterloo, IA$68,898
Spartanburg, SC$68,825
Lincoln, NE$68,788
Fort Wayne, IN$68,773
Provo, UT$68,766
Cedar Falls, IA$68,677
San Antonio, TX$68,648
Greensboro, NC$68,618
South Bend, IN$68,611
Savannah, GA$68,530
Muskegon, MI$68,500
Birmingham, AL$68,493
Winston Salem, NC$68,457
Lake Charles, LA$68,279
Anderson, IN$68,264
Lexington, KY$68,242
Augusta, GA$68,220
Greenville, SC$68,220
Lima, OH$68,161
Wichita, KS$68,154
Tuscaloosa, AL$68,154
Columbia, SC$68,087
Springfield, OH$68,073
Asheville, NC$67,955
Bloomington, IN$67,903
Knoxville, TN$67,638
Shreveport, LA$67,630
Wilmington, NC$67,535
Roanoke, VA$67,535
Topeka, KS$67,402
Frankfort, KY$67,394
Oklahoma City, OK$67,343
Chillicothe, OH$67,313
Longview, TX$67,306
Melbourne, FL$67,299
Sioux Falls, SD$67,181
Mobile, AL$67,173
Terre Haute, IN$67,144
Altoona, PA$67,100
Amarillo, TX$67,048
Killeen, TX$67,026
Fayetteville, AR$66,967
Chattanooga, TN$66,945
Sioux City, IA$66,878
Idaho Falls, ID$66,864
Lynchburg, VA$66,805
Gainesville, FL$66,709
Portsmouth, OH$66,672
Little Rock, AR$66,657
Lafayette, LA$66,628
Youngstown, OH$66,628
Daytona Beach, FL$66,584
Clarksville, TN$66,576
Pensacola, FL$66,569
Temple, TX$66,564
Hopkinsville, KY$66,348
Erie, PA$66,333
Florence, SC$66,303
Charleston, WV$66,185
Great Falls, MT$66,149
Macon, GA$66,045
Tallahassee, FL$66,038
Fayetteville, NC$66,023
Waco, TX$66,009
Helena, MT$65,957
Pine Bluff, AR$65,929
Vincennes, IN$65,839
Lubbock, TX$65,809
Alamogordo, NM$65,765
Twin Falls, ID$65,699
Rapid City, SD$65,677
Jackson, MS$65,544
Huntington, WV$65,539
Greenville, MS$65,537
Parkersburg, WV$65,462
Montgomery, AL$65,448
Wichita Falls, TX$65,375
Springfield, MO$65,375
Biloxi, MS$65,338
Monroe, LA$65,264
Johnstown, PA$65,212
Sumter, SC$65,183
Columbus, GA$65,175
Pascagoula, MS$65,035
Abilene, TX$65,035
Kingsport, TN$64,844
Albany, GA$64,844
Gulfport, MS$64,822
Alexandria, LA$64,578
Fort Smith, AR$64,394
El Paso, TX$64,195
Las Cruces, NM$63,863
Harlingen, TX$63,676
Pocatello, ID$63,664
Florence, AL$63,568
Brownsville, TX$63,554
Mcallen, TX$63,399
Dothan, AL$63,296
Columbus, MS$62,858
Altus, OK$62,514
Lawton, OK$62,374
Pierre, SD$62,109
What Skills Can Increase a Patient Assistant's Salary?
Demanded Skills for the Role:
Leadership (Mentioned in 5.05% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
Acute Care (Mentioned in 2.99% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
Home Care (Mentioned in 2.08% Job Postings): Homecare is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home.
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay.
Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Patient Assistant's salary.
Delegation: Can increase your salary by up to 30%.
Nursing Practice: Can increase your salary by up to 18%.
Clinical Nursing: Can increase your salary by up to 16%.
Patient Assistant Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors
For Patient Assistant roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential
by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries).
Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Healthcare,
offers compensation 20% above the average. Conversely,
Patient Assistant positions in Edu., Government & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay,
as this sector often view Patient Assistant as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
The top paying industry for a Patient Assistant
Industry Sector
Average Annual Salary
Average Hourly Rate
Pay vs.Avg
Healthcare
$82,755
$40.0
20%
Patient Assistant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay
Understanding how a Patient Assistant's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting.
Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role.
Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
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