Dialysis Technician Salary, Description And More
Dialysis technician salary varies according to where they are working in the United States, and whether they are located in an urban area or a smaller city. The average annual salary of a dialysis technician is between $26,000 and $34,000 per year. A new, untrained recruit hired by DaVita Dialysis will earn approximately $10.00 per hour for the first five months of work. After a five month training period, the new employee will receive a raise and be eligible for bonus payments as well as stock bonus and profit sharing.
DaVita Dialysis and Fresenius Dialysis are the two largest dialysis companies in the world. Both companies use a similar pay scale and are very competitive with their new hires. The average pay of a dialysis technician will be approximately $30,000 per year. Dialysis technician are in such demand that there are opportunities to become a traveling dialysis technician and receive much higher pay. The technician travels to assignments where a regular technician may be out for six or more weeks for an injury or surgery at the expense of the dialysis company. The company provides a place to live, travel costs, and per diem dialysis technician salary which would be the annual equivalent of $45,000 to $55,000.
Overall, the medical field is rapidly expanding with nearly every medical occupation projected to expand between 18 and 30 per cent by 2015 according to the 2012 Occupational Outlook Handbook. This is great news for anyone interested in any facet of the medical field. Part of the reason for the large surge in employment is the fact that the Baby Boomer generation has his Medicare age and developed a long list of medical needs. In addition, the medical field has done a remarkable job on wellness education that people are responding to.