How much does a Patient Advocate make in Lafayette, LA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Patient Advocate in Lafayette, LA is $41,899. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $36,846 to $49,061, with most professionals earning between $32,246 and $55,582.

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Patient Advocate Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Patient Advocate Salary $32,246 Lafayette,LA March 01, 2025
25th Percentile Patient Advocate Salary $36,846 Lafayette,LA March 01, 2025
50th Percentile Patient Advocate Salary $41,899 Lafayette,LA March 01, 2025
75th Percentile Patient Advocate Salary $49,061 Lafayette,LA March 01, 2025
90th Percentile Patient Advocate Salary $55,582 Lafayette,LA March 01, 2025
25% $36,846 10% $32,246 90% $55,582 75% $49,061 $41,899 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Patient Advocate ?

Patient advocacy is an area of specialization in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate may be an individual or an organization, often, though not always, concerned with one specific group of disorders. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates providing services that organizations also provide, and to organizations whose functions extend to individual patients. Some patient advocates work for the institutions that are directly responsible for the patient's care. Typical advocacy activities...

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  1. This Job:

    Patient Advocate

    3 - 5 years experience
    High School Diploma or Technical Certificate

  2. Up a level:

    Patient Relations Supervisor

    2 + years experience
    Associate's Degree

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Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

 
 
 
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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Patient Advocate in Lafayette, LA. The base salary for Patient Advocate ranges from $36,846 to $49,061 with the average base salary of $41,899. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $36,910 to $49,204 with the average total cash compensation of $41,987.

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About Lafayette, Louisiana    Lafayette is located at 30°13′N 92°2′W / 30.217°N 92.033°W / 30.217; -92.033 (30.2139, −92.0294) and has an elevation of 36 feet (11.0 m). Accordin....More

Lafayette, Louisiana  area prices were up 1.2% from a year ago

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