Salary. Respiratory therapists earn more than respiratory therapy technicians. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of May 2012, therapists earned a median salary of $57,200 per year and a median wage of $27.50 per hour.
Payments start as low as $50 and increase to $150 as the trainee develops the competence to do most of the work unassisted. A trainee needs at least 2,000 hours of training before qualifying to take the licensing exam that is required to become a real estate appraiser. Expected compensation during the training period is $1,000 to $3,000 per month.
Half of real estate appraisers and assessors made between $17.03 and $33.56 an hour and between $35,430 and $69,800 a year. The highest-paid 10 percent of real estate estimators reported earnings of $44.09 or more an hour and $91,700 or more a year.