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.
The median annual wage for appraisers and assessors of real estate was $49,540 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $25,850, and the top 10 percent earned more than $91,700.