From cleaners to the top exec, the average salary for 30 hospital jobs

By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review

Across the nation’s more than 6,000 hospitals, chief executives made an average annual salary of $242,550, compared to phlebotomists, who made an average of $34,750 per year, according to Business Insider.

Here is the average annual salary of 30 key hospital jobs, presented in ascending order of compensation:

1. Janitors and cleaners: $29,820
2. Orderlies: $30,000
3. Nursing assistants: $31,530
4. Cooks: $31,930
5. Phlebotomists: $34,750
6. Security guards: $36,680
7. Emergency medical technicians, paramedics: $38,710
8. Pharmacy technicians: $38,940
9. Medical records and health information technicians: $46,520
10. Surgical technologists: $48,670
11. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians: $55,890
12. Public relations specialists: $62,460
13. Dieticians: $62,720
14. Radiology techs: $62,760
15. Healthcare social workers: $64,510
16. Registered nurses: $77,670
17. Nuclear medicine technologists: $78,610
18. Physical therapists: $89,750
19. Physician assistants: $109,000
20. Nurse practitioners: $113,820
21. Medical and health service managers: $122,330
22. Pharmacists: $125,430
23. Financial managers: $146,540
24. Internists (general): $164,410
25. Nurse anesthetists: $186,840
26. Family and general practitioners: $206,430
27. Anesthesiologists: $211,540
28. Obstetricians and gynecologists: $215,710
29. Surgeons: $226,080
30. Chief executives: $242,550