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What respiratory therapists make
Median
$85,000
Lower end
$63,000
Upper end
$106,000
Job Bank's national figures for 2023 to 2024: a median of $41 an hour, about $85,000 a year at 40 hours a week, with a lower end of $30.16 and an upper end of $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.