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What respiratory therapists make
Typical
$82,000
New grad
$65,000
Senior or charge
$100,000
Job Bank's median is $41 an hour, about $85,000 a year full time, with a spread of roughly $30 to $51 an hour. Almost all hospital jobs are unionized with a pay grid that climbs for about 8 years. Nights, weekends and overtime push real earnings above the grid.