Table A.5.

Clinic personnel wages for LTBI treatment clinic visits^*

Position	BLS occupation title	BLS code	Mean hourly wage US$	Hourly wage + benefits† US$	Mean annual wage US$	Annual wage + benefits† US$
Receptionist	Medical records and health information technicians	292017	15.12	20.83	31 440	43 306
Clinic nurse	Registered nurses	291111	32.47	44.72	67 550	93 044
X-ray technician	Radiologic technologists and technicians	292037	25.76	35.48	53 590	73 815
Provider	Internists, general	291063	93.96	129.42	195440	269201
Interpreter‡	Medical records and health information technicians	292017	15.12	20.83	31 440	43 306
Outreach worker	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	292061	20.14	27.74	41 890	57 699.72

^*From the May 2010 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Industry: Outpatient Care Centers, North American Industry Classification System code 621400).¹⁸

^†Fringe benefits calculated based on assumption that wages account for 72.6% of employee compensation (Haddix et al., Appendix I).¹⁹

^‡For the purpose of calculating cost, interpreter duties are assumed to be performed by personnel with the hourly wage rate of a clinic receptionist.

LTBI = latent tuberculous infection; BLS = Bureau of Labor Statistics.