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Annual Income Of An Ultra Sound Technician

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Salary For Ultrasound Technician

Annual Salary Report Of Ultrasound Technicians

If you are looking for the annual income of an ultrasound technician, here is an article that discusses the salary for ultrasound technicians.

Average Salary

A survey was conducted in the year 2009 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which gathered information of about 50,000-ultrasound technicians working across the country. On an average, an ultrasound technician earns about $63,640 annually. The mean wage that was earned by fifty percent of sonographers was slightly less, of about $63,010, whereas the wage of a practitioner is an average of $85,950 in the top ten percent list. The annual salary is $43,990 for those earning in the lowest ten percent.

Salary by Employer

The average salary for the service rendered by the technicians may vary with the place that they work and the kind of job they do and the experiences they have. However, BLS listed that an average amount of $67,070 is the salary earned by ultrasound technicians working especially in hospitals. Technicians working within a college, professional schools and universities earn about $66,250 every year. The salary of a technician with a position within outpatient care center earns about $64,560. The offices of surgical hospitals and physicians and general medicals earn about $63,770 and $63,820 respectively. The medical and diagnostic laboratories were listed at $61,820 per month.

Salary by State

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BLS’s Report On Annual Wages For Ultrasound Technicians.

The BLS also did a state wise survey of the annual income of an ultrasound technician in the same year 2009. It said that the state that offered the highest average annual salaries was Massachusetts that offered $78,460 every year, which is closely followed by Oregon that offered $78,320 per year and Colorado that offered $77,380 annually. It is also reported that Alaska and Washington completed with the top five with salaries of $75,500 and $76,980 respectively. Alabama offered just $50,320 as an annual salary for ultrasound technician while Florida offers an average of $56,030.

Salary by City

The salary comparison website SalaryExpert.com had published a survey of diagnostic ultrasound technicians and sonographers wages in the major cities across the United States. The cities that offer the highest average salaries for the ultrasound technicians are Charlotte, North Carolina, New York City, New York and Dallas, Texas, as the cities with the highest average salaries of $67,054, $64,852 and $64,348 respectively. Houston, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, offered wages of about $58,975 and $58,266 respectively, while Miami and Florida were among the lowest-paying states, which pay an average of $48,802 per year.

As you see, the salary for ultrasound technician varies depending on the place where you choose to work.


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