Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
31-1132 Orderlies
Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Excludes “Nursing Assistants” (31-1131). Psychiatric orderlies are included in “Psychiatric Aides” (31-1133).
National estimates for Orderlies
Industry profile for Orderlies
Geographic profile for Orderlies
National estimates for Orderlies:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Orderlies:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 45,160 |
0.9 % |
$ 16.08 |
$ 33,440 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Orderlies:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 11.52 |
$ 13.73 |
$ 14.42 |
$ 17.97 |
$ 22.34 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 23,970 |
$ 28,560 |
$ 29,990 |
$ 37,380 |
$ 46,470 |
Industry profile for Orderlies:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Orderlies are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Orderlies, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Orderlies:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
37,650 |
0.67 |
$ 16.12 |
$ 33,530 |
| Offices of Physicians |
1,340 |
0.05 |
$ 14.63 |
$ 30,430 |
| Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) |
1,300 |
0.09 |
$ 13.87 |
$ 28,850 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
1,070 |
0.11 |
$ 19.84 |
$ 41,280 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
550 |
0.02 |
$ 16.79 |
$ 34,930 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Orderlies:
Top paying industries for Orderlies:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
1,070 |
0.11 |
$ 19.84 |
$ 41,280 |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals |
400 |
0.17 |
$ 18.40 |
$ 38,280 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
180 |
(7) |
$ 17.73 |
$ 36,880 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
550 |
0.02 |
$ 16.79 |
$ 34,930 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
510 |
0.02 |
$ 16.27 |
$ 33,830 |
Geographic profile for Orderlies:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Orderlies are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Orderlies, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Orderlies:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
4,530 |
0.27 |
0.85 |
$ 21.80 |
$ 45,340 |
| New York |
4,060 |
0.47 |
1.46 |
$ 19.31 |
$ 40,170 |
| Florida |
3,410 |
0.40 |
1.24 |
$ 13.41 |
$ 27,890 |
| New Jersey |
3,070 |
0.80 |
2.49 |
$ 16.75 |
$ 34,840 |
| Pennsylvania |
2,530 |
0.45 |
1.41 |
$ 16.14 |
$ 33,580 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Orderlies:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Delaware |
350 |
0.80 |
2.49 |
$ 17.49 |
$ 36,390 |
| New Jersey |
3,070 |
0.80 |
2.49 |
$ 16.75 |
$ 34,840 |
| Maryland |
1,390 |
0.54 |
1.70 |
$ 14.82 |
$ 30,820 |
| Connecticut |
850 |
0.54 |
1.69 |
$ 16.12 |
$ 33,530 |
| New Mexico |
400 |
0.52 |
1.61 |
$ 15.15 |
$ 31,510 |
Top paying states for Orderlies:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
4,530 |
0.27 |
0.85 |
$ 21.80 |
$ 45,340 |
| Hawaii |
90 |
0.16 |
0.49 |
$ 19.48 |
$ 40,520 |
| New York |
4,060 |
0.47 |
1.46 |
$ 19.31 |
$ 40,170 |
| Washington |
500 |
0.15 |
0.48 |
$ 18.75 |
$ 38,990 |
| Minnesota |
340 |
0.12 |
0.39 |
$ 18.48 |
$ 38,440 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Orderlies:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
5,210 |
0.60 |
1.87 |
$ 18.85 |
$ 39,200 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,810 |
0.32 |
0.99 |
$ 20.18 |
$ 41,960 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,750 |
0.66 |
2.06 |
$ 17.11 |
$ 35,600 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
1,170 |
0.28 |
0.86 |
$ 15.93 |
$ 33,120 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,050 |
0.41 |
1.27 |
$ 18.04 |
$ 37,510 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
880 |
0.70 |
2.18 |
$ 14.46 |
$ 30,080 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
860 |
0.30 |
0.93 |
$ 14.89 |
$ 30,980 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
850 |
0.66 |
2.05 |
$ 13.36 |
$ 27,800 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
810 |
0.45 |
1.40 |
$ 15.20 |
$ 31,610 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
680 |
0.44 |
1.39 |
$ 23.73 |
$ 49,350 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Orderlies:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
140 |
2.40 |
7.48 |
$ 17.68 |
$ 36,770 |
| Trenton, NJ |
340 |
1.48 |
4.61 |
$ 18.02 |
$ 37,480 |
| Williamsport, PA |
50 |
1.01 |
3.16 |
$ 15.47 |
$ 32,180 |
| Tallahassee, FL |
170 |
1.01 |
3.15 |
$ 11.48 |
$ 23,870 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
120 |
0.97 |
3.04 |
$ 14.61 |
$ 30,400 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
340 |
0.95 |
2.97 |
$ 16.04 |
$ 33,370 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL |
90 |
0.94 |
2.93 |
$ 11.75 |
$ 24,430 |
| Lubbock, TX |
130 |
0.92 |
2.88 |
$ 11.70 |
$ 24,340 |
| Terre Haute, IN |
50 |
0.85 |
2.65 |
$ 14.08 |
$ 29,290 |
| Albuquerque, NM |
270 |
0.73 |
2.28 |
$ 15.31 |
$ 31,840 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Orderlies:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
470 |
0.21 |
0.65 |
$ 26.84 |
$ 55,820 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
230 |
0.22 |
0.67 |
$ 24.70 |
$ 51,370 |
| Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
250 |
0.25 |
0.79 |
$ 23.91 |
$ 49,740 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
40 |
0.21 |
0.65 |
$ 23.79 |
$ 49,480 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
680 |
0.44 |
1.39 |
$ 23.73 |
$ 49,350 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1,810 |
0.32 |
0.99 |
$ 20.18 |
$ 41,960 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
340 |
0.24 |
0.76 |
$ 19.78 |
$ 41,130 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
240 |
0.13 |
0.41 |
$ 19.55 |
$ 40,660 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
250 |
0.13 |
0.41 |
$ 19.41 |
$ 40,370 |
| Bakersfield, CA |
60 |
0.20 |
0.62 |
$ 18.99 |
$ 39,510 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Orderlies:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Orderlies:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Orderlies:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
