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Also called emergency room orderly, hospital orderly, medical orderly and operating room orderly.
$38,290
Median pay a year
52,440
People do this work
6
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Transporting medical materials
Disposing of biomedical waste
Adjusting patient positions
Cleaning patient rooms
Cleaning medical equipment
Stocking medical supplies
Holding patients
Moving patients
Relaying information
Providing information
Answering telephones
Providing basic information
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Orderly
Summary
Orderly transporting patients to treatment areas using wheelchairs or stretchers, cleaning and sanitizing rooms, and providing physical support for daily living activities
Experience
Orderly
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Lifted or assisted others to lift patients on or off beds and stretchers
Transported patients to treatment units and operating rooms using wheelchairs or stretchers
Cleaned and sanitized patient rooms, bathrooms, and examination rooms
Disinfected equipment and supplies using germicides or sterilizing equipment
Responded to emergency situations, such as medical calls or fire alarms
Provided physical support to patients for daily living activities like bathing and dressing
Collected and transported soiled linens and trash for disposal
Skills
Hands-On Work
Transporting medical materials, Disposing of biomedical waste, Cleaning patient rooms, Cleaning medical equipment, Stocking medical supplies, Moving patients
Working With People
Adjusting patient positions, Holding patients, Relaying information, Providing information
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Lifted patients onto bedsMoved patients to treatment areasCleaned and disinfected equipmentSanitized patient rooms and bathroomsChanged dirty linens and curtainsCarried messages between departments
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Lifted and assisted patients onto beds, ensuring comfort and safety during transfers
Cleaned and disinfected medical equipment, maintaining high standards of hygiene
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Add how often you assisted with patient transfers.
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Lifted and assisted patients onto beds several times each shift, ensuring comfort and safety during transfers
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Several times each shiftA few patients every hourMost of the day
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Show what improved because you cleaned the equipment.
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Cleaned and disinfected medical equipment, maintaining high standards of hygiene
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Reduced risk of infectionImproved patient safetyEnsured equipment was ready for use
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The work itself
What an Orderly does
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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. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.
What it pays
How much does an Orderly make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$35,570
Median
$38,290
75th percentile
$44,560
About 52,440 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$39,410
$39,410
$47,130
AL
$29,720
$31,310
$33,390
AR
$27,770
$31,540
$35,000
AZ
$35,790
$37,380
$38,220
CA
$46,920
$49,920
$63,010
CO
$40,260
$43,570
$44,920
CT
$35,140
$37,550
$39,150
DC
$39,160
$39,250
$39,880
DE
$40,230
$43,800
$43,800
FL
$34,180
$35,420
$36,630
GA
$32,610
$36,100
$38,900
HI
$42,080
$47,130
$47,160
IA
$34,930
$36,850
$37,730
ID
$38,410
$38,650
$44,540
IL
$36,290
$39,450
$44,260
IN
$35,620
$38,540
$40,420
KS
$35,380
$37,140
$37,520
KY
$31,870
$35,260
$37,470
LA
$26,610
$27,330
$30,070
MA
$37,660
$38,970
$46,440
MD
$36,740
$38,210
$40,030
ME
$39,410
$42,530
$43,830
MI
$35,180
$36,220
$38,620
MN
$38,450
$44,550
$49,830
MO
$33,380
$35,620
$37,580
MS
$28,230
$29,790
$31,950
NC
$37,780
$38,680
$39,840
ND
$36,240
$38,240
$43,200
NH
$40,830
$40,850
$46,650
NJ
$36,860
$38,670
$43,850
NM
$37,010
$37,650
$37,650
NV
$33,140
$35,850
$37,970
NY
$39,290
$46,600
$51,570
OH
$35,630
$37,030
$38,000
OK
$32,900
$34,430
$35,810
OR
$43,230
$45,120
$48,340
PA
$38,240
$40,140
$44,230
PR
$21,910
$22,330
$22,660
RI
$39,180
$39,830
$44,910
SC
$33,810
$36,480
$41,050
TN
$28,600
$31,840
$38,740
TX
$34,850
$37,650
$39,100
VA
$34,790
$36,960
$39,820
VT
$42,770
$48,120
$48,120
WA
$40,890
$48,690
$57,300
WI
$38,550
$41,380
$44,860
WV
$30,830
$31,770
$34,730
WY
$31,330
$37,410
$37,410
Other names
Other names for this job
emergency room orderly, hospital orderly, medical orderly, operating room orderly, patient transport orderly, psychiatric orderly, radiology orderly, security orderly, surgical orderly, attendant, cart attendant, clinical support associate.
More names for this work
hospice entrance attendant, hospital corpsman, infirmary attendant, institutional aide, medical transporter, new patient escort, operating room aide, operating room assistant, patient care assistant, PCA, patient care associate, patient care technician, PCT, patient care technician pro re nata, patient escort, patient observer, patient safety attendant, patient sitter, patient transport aide, patient transporter, pct prn, radiology aide, radiology transporter, transport aide, transport tech, transport technician, transportation aide, transporter, transporter prn, transporter pro re nata, ward aide, ward assistant, ward attendant, ward helper.
What you can already claim
Starting an Orderly resume with no experience
Below are the tasks an Orderly job is made of. Choose the ones you have really done. There is no wrong answer here, and you can change any of it later.
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Orderly
Already yours: Transporting medical materials, Disposing of biomedical waste, Adjusting patient positions
4 of the 11 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$38,290 a year
What you have not done yet. Cleaning patient rooms, Stocking medical supplies, Holding patients
This page is about the occupation Orderlies. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.