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Employer-posted pay · October 2026 · updated nightly

Respiratory Therapist pay in California

Hourly ranges from 44 active California postings that list pay. Nothing is modelled: every number below is a range an employer printed on a job.

44 postings list pay · 7 health systems · October 2026

Respiratory TherapistRespiratory Therapist IIRegistered Respiratory TherapistRespiratory Therapist IRespiratory Care Practitioner
Median posted range$38.71 – $56.14per hour
Postings with pay44active, California
Employers posting7health systems
Floor to ceiling$28.41 – $82.94lowest floor, highest ceiling
Where the 44 ranges sit
Lowest floor $28.41 · highest ceiling $82.94
Median posted rangeMiddle half of posted floors, $31.41 – $50.00

By employer

7 health systems · most postings first · bar = median posted range on the $28 – $83 axis
most postings first
ScionHealth
14 postings with pay · 32% of CA
$29.41 – $36.57/hr14 jobs →
Prime Healthcare
13 postings with pay · 30% of CA
$34.69 – $46.81/hr13 jobs →
CommonSpirit
7 postings with pay · 16% of CA
$50.85 – $62.13/hr7 jobs →
UCLA Health
4 postings with pay · 9% of CA
$51.47 – $65.97/hr4 jobs →
Kaweah Health
3 postings with pay · 7% of CA
$37.42 – $56.14/hr3 jobs →
Sutter Health
2 postings with pay · 5% of CA
$53.36 – $70.43/hr2 jobs →
Shriners Children's
1 posting with pay · 2% of CA
$58.75 – $82.94/hr1 job →
Faint tick = state median floor, $38.71California pay by hospital system →

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Ranges are copied from the employer’s posting on the night it was indexed; offers vary by experience, shift and certification. Postings without a listed hourly range, annual salaries and travel contracts are excluded from every number on this page. Updated October 2026.

See 85 CA Respiratory jobs