SterileShift

Updated Oct 21, 2026

Sterile processing jobs in California

60 live openings in 52 listings, from hospital and agency career sites.

60live openings
15staff listings
27travel listings
$39.95/hrmedian staff tech (11 jobs)
$1,451/wkmedian travel (23 jobs)
Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Childrens Hospital of Orange County · via Aya Healthcare Orange, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 21 $280 Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Palo Alto, CATravel · Oct 21 $1,305 – $1,372Weekly Sterile Processing Technician (SPT) AMN Healthcare Upland, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 21 $27.55 – $29.58Hourly Central Supply Distribution Technician Providence Tarzana, CAStaff · Oct 21 Pay not listedSee posting Associate Sterile Processing Technician Providence Santa Monica, CAStaff · Oct 21 Pay not listedSee posting Assistant Manager - Sterile Processing (Full-Time, 8-Hour Night Shifts) Stanford Health Care CAStaff · Manager · Oct 20 $52.19 – $67.85Hourly Manager, Sterile Processing - Sterile Processing - Full Time 8 Hour Days (Exempt) (Non-Union) Keck Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CAStaff · Manager · Oct 20 $84,365 – $138,330Yearly Sterile Processing Technician II Sutter Health CAStaff · 5 openings · Oct 20 $30.01 – $51.32Hourly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Stanford Hospital at 500 Pasteur Drive · via Aya Healthcare Palo Alto, CATravel · 2 openings · Oct 20 $1,369 – $1,598Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Sharp Memorial Hospital · via Aya Healthcare San Diego, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,356 – $1,586Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Stanford Hospital · via Aya Healthcare Palo Alto, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,369 – $1,598Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · via Aya Healthcare Santa Barbara, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,336 – $1,566Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Sutter Health Medical Center Sacramento · via Aya Healthcare Sacramento, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,117 – $1,347Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Fremont, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,810 – $1,903Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Palo Alto, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,304 – $1,371Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Palo Alto, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,304 – $1,371Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Greenbrae, CATravel · Oct 20 $1,081 – $1,137Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Palomar Medical Center Escondido · via Aya Healthcare Escondido, CATravel · Oct 19 $1,347 – $1,576Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Sutter Health Sansum Clinic (Foothill) · via Aya Healthcare Santa Barbara, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 19 $280 Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Oxnard, CATravel · Oct 19 $1,326 – $1,394Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Olive View-UCLA Medical Center · via Aya Healthcare Sylmar, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 16 $341 Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center · via Aya Healthcare Torrance, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 16 $341 Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - County of Ventura Float Pool · via Aya Healthcare Ventura, CAPer diem / contract · 2 openings · Oct 16 $240 Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Sutter Health Sierra Surgery Center · via Aya Healthcare Roseville, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 16 $224 Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Riverside University Medical Center · via Aya Healthcare Moreno Valley, CATravel · Oct 16 $1,584 – $1,814Weekly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Per Diem - Sutter Health Fort Sutter Surgery Center · via Aya Healthcare Sacramento, CAPer diem / contract · Oct 16 $224 Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Van Nuys, CATravel · Oct 16 $1,419 – $1,492Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Northridge, CATravel · Oct 16 $1,363 – $1,433Weekly Sterile Processing Tech II - (Full-Time, 8-Hour Day Shifts) Stanford Health Care CAStaff · Oct 15 $37.84 – $42.43Hourly Sterile Processing Supervisor Sutter Health CAStaff · Lead / supervisor · Oct 13 $50.93 – $71.30Hourly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Valley Childrens Healthcare · via Aya Healthcare Madera, CATravel · 2 openings · Oct 13 $1,350 – $1,578Weekly Sterile Processing Tech I (Full-Time, 8-Hour Evening Shifts, SEIU Union) Stanford Health Care CAStaff · Oct 12 $36.01 – $40.38Hourly Sterile Processing Tech (SPT) Keck Hospital of USC · via Aya Healthcare Los Angeles, CATravel · Oct 12 $1,152 – $1,382Weekly SPD Tech II 1000-1830 Stanford Health Care CAStaff · Oct 8 $37.84 – $42.43Hourly Sterile Processing Technician Certified - Sterile Processing Unit - Full Time 8 Hours Days (7:00AM to 5:00PM) (Union, Non-Exempt) Keck Medicine of USC Arcadia, CAStaff · Sep 29 $23.69 – $30.95Hourly Travel Sterile Processing Tech Procare USA Eureka, CATravel · Sep 29 $1,402Weekly Central Processing Distribution Technician (Non-Certified) - CPD - Per Diem 8 Hour Variable Shift (Union) Keck Medicine of USC Glendale, CAPer diem / contract · 2 openings · Sep 17 $26.91Hourly Sterile Processing Tech II Sutter Health CAStaff · Sep 17 $38.50 – $53.89Hourly Per diem Sterile Processing Tech Procare USA Los Angeles, CAPer diem / contract · Sep 17 $48.27Hourly Sterile Processing Technician II - Sterile Processing - Full Time 10 Hour Evening Shifts, Thursday - Sunday (Non-Exempt) (Union) Keck Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CAStaff · Sep 15 $27.45 – $46.68Hourly Scope Processing Technician II - Scope Processing - Full Time 8 Hour Evenings (Non-Exempt) (Union) Keck Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CAStaff · Endoscope tech · Sep 14 $27.45 – $46.68Hourly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Long Beach, CATravel · Sep 9 $1,327 – $1,395Weekly Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Torrance, CATravel · Sep 4 Pay not listedSee posting Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Davis, CATravel · Sep 3 Pay not listedSee posting Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Auburn, CATravel · Sep 2 Pay not listedSee posting Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Davis, CATravel · Sep 2 Pay not listedSee posting Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Fresno, CATravel · Sep 2 Pay not listedSee posting Sterile Tech Medical Solutions Modesto, CATravel · Sep 1 Pay not listedSee posting Assistant Sterile Processing Department Manager (Full-Time, 8-Hour Day Shifts) Stanford Health Care CAStaff · Manager · Aug 20 $50.67 – $65.87Hourly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Sonora, CATravel · Aug 18 $1,285 – $1,351Weekly Sterile Processing Technician AMN Healthcare Santa Maria, CATravel · Jun 17 $1,448 – $1,522Weekly Sterile Processing Supervisor - Sterile Processing - Full Time 8 Hour Nights (Non-Exempt) (Non-Union) Keck Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CAStaff · Lead / supervisor · May 15 $33.00 – $54.02Hourly

Hiring in California: Aya Healthcare (19), AMN Healthcare (12), Keck Medicine of USC (7), Sutter Health (7), Medical Solutions (6), Stanford Health Care (5), Providence (2), Procare USA (2). Median pay uses the midpoint of each listed range; the staff figure covers technician roles only.

Sterile processing jobs by city in California

California sterile processing pay & rules

$29.50/hrBLS median, California, May 2025
$39.95/hrmedian posted staff pay here (11 listings)
8,720employed statewide (BLS)

BLS reports that medical equipment preparers (SOC 31-9093, which covers sterile processing techs) in California earn between $21.00 (10th percentile) and $40.98 (90th percentile) an hour. Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

California is not on HSPA's list of states that require certification, but employers can still require a CRCST or CSPDT, so check each listing. Certification by state

Guides: California salary guide · salary by state · travel pay · how to become an SPD tech · entry-level jobs

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