Context: Caretaker positions at state run hospitals are typically low paying . According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics health aides make , on average $ 10.03 per hour or $ 20,850 a year . The technicians at Cherry Hospital make on average about $ 25,000 per year , which is slightly above national average but still low considering the demands of the job .
Question: What can the reader most reasonably assume to be true of caretaker compensation , generally , at hospitals that are not run by the state ?
Option 0: The pay for caretaker positions tends to be higher at privately run hospitals .
Option 1: State run hospitals tend   to offer lower salaries but better benefits than non - state ones
Option 2: None of the above choices .
Option 3: Compensation is roughly on par across hospitals as a whole .
Answer: 0