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Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings

Patient Care Associate: $42K median posted pay.

From 40 salary bands employers posted on 47 open patient care associate roles in healthcare. Never an estimate.

Median posted band$42K40 posted a band
Middle half$41K–$48K25th to 75th percentile
Open roles4722 posted in 30 days
Entry level47asking no prior experience
Remote0%as the postings state it

The ladder, by level

What each rung pays.

LevelOpen rolesMedian posted bandMiddle half
Junior47$42K—

Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.

Who is hiring

The employers with the most open.

EmployerOpen rolesEntry level
Wustl14—
Washington University in St. Louis14—
Massgeneralbrigham11—
Osu3—
Ohio State University3—
Sturdymemorial1—
Vumc1—

Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open patient care associate roles tonight.

The skills, as the postings name them

What these postings ask for.

SkillPostingsAt entry
Medical Terminology39—
Medical Assisting39—
CPR and Basic Life Support38—
Phlebotomy33—
Childcare28—
Advanced Cardiac Life Support28—
Dietetics28—
Billing20—
Office Management20—
Reception Duties20—

Where the work is

0% of these roles are remote.

  • Remote0%0 roles
  • Hybrid0%0 roles
  • On site87%41 roles
  • Not stated13%6 roles

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How this was counted

Every figure is counted from 47 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 40 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Patient Care Associate (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in healthcare, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.