What are PCT/PCA pay rates in your area? - page 2

1. 
   Feb 3, '13

   I make 15.90 now 7-3pm (nurse tech) no experience besides me having a bachelors and working in the hospital kitchen for a year.
   After 3pm the differental is 17.90 and if OT then its the 17.90 time and a half.
   
   Oh this is NY as well
2. 
   Feb 3, '13

   Local Catholic hospital pays 12.50/hr for PCT's. Differential is +1.25 for eve and +1.75 for night. +.50 for weekend shifts. This is a level 2 trauma center
   
   Hospital a mile down the road pays around 16 and has a nursing union. Not a trauma center.
3. 
   Feb 13, '13

   At my hospital in New York City is 20/hr plus 2.50 night differential.
4. 
   Feb 16, '13

   Wow, I feel like a lowly paid servant compared to some of you!
5. 
   Feb 18, '13

   Our local hospitals are starting PCAs at $10/hour. Psych facilities are closer to $13/hr.
6. 
   Feb 18, '13

   Which hospital is this paying pct $20 and hour and do they hire new grads??? I was thinking of taking patient care tech course Or medical assisting. I'm currently working as a home health aide live in .
7. 
   Feb 20, '13

   starting 13.09 with 1.50 added for nights and 2.50 for weekends.....4 for night weekends....in CT
8. 
   Feb 24, '13

   $10.45 for Home Health and around $13.00+ for Hospital-based
9. 
   Feb 24, '13

   Quote from besaangel

   $10.45 for Home Health and around $13.00+ for Hospital-based

   This is in Delaware
10. 
    Feb 28, '13

    I'm a little disappointed, I have read so many decent well-paid PCT's on here but here in New York I just started my CNA 4 day internship and I was lucky enough to land on a floor where the nurses were very helpful and we got to talk a lot about the field. Before I left for home I was able to ask one of the CNA's more about the job because I wanted an idea of what the pay was like (since I was able to see and experience how tough being a CNA can be).
    
    She told me "You start off with $8/hr maybe $9 and if you're lucky maybe even $10". I told her I did the ekg and phlebotomy which will mean I'd be a PCT. Her response was the same, told me that without any experience being a PCT doesn't matter, I'd get paid the same.
    
    I had been researching online for a good while now and I was sure that $12/hr would be the least to start off with as a PCT in NY.
    
    I am attending the Jewish Home Hospital in the Bronx. So maybe this was just this CNA's experience according to the location.
    
    All I have to say is that with just one day of hands on "practice" I was able to experience that it's a tough job at times, $8/hr in NYC doesn't make up for the hard work.
11. 
    Mar 6, '13

    Wow. Hospital in WV and mine is 8.10 with .90 differential.
12. 
    Mar 6, '13

    I just posted mine and hadn't seen yours yet Mine is low, because cost of living, etc. is lower where I live. That seems awfully short-changed in NY. I hope things work out for you, and hopefully with experience you will find a position with better pay.
13. 
    Mar 8, '13

    I'm in Jacksonville, Florida and make $12.40 an hour plus my 15% shift differential (I work 7p-7a) so comes out to $14.26. I was offered a job at Mayo Clinic, but the pay is significantly less there then at my current hospital. I believe they told be starting was 11.99.

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