Surgical technologist jobs in District of Columbia

Too few open surgical technologist jobs in District of Columbia post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $37.27/hr ($77,520 a year) for surgical technologists in District of Columbia (May 2025), against $31.08 nationally, 9th highest of 52 states and territories.

By open jobs on this board: MedStar Health (3), Children's National Hospital (1) and Johns Hopkins Medicine (1). In all, 3 employers have surgical technologist jobs open in District of Columbia.

5 surgical technologist jobs are open in District of Columbia today at 3 employers on this board, about 15 for every 1,000 surgical technologists employed there (BLS counts 340, May 2025). Across the US, BLS projects employment of surgical technologists to grow 5.0% over 2025-2035.

Ranked by the hourly rates each one posts for the surgical technologist jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: Children's National Hospital (most often $32.41–$66.24 an hour, a median of $49.33 across 1 posted rate) and MedStar Health (most often $29.43–$48.34 an hour, a median of $38.89 across 3 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

1 of the open surgical tech and sterile processing jobs here says so in its own posting: Surgical Technologist at Children's National Hospital (Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) (Preferred)).

A certificate or associate degree from an accredited surgical technology program, then the CST exam. Certified surgical technologist (CST) (National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; some states require it by law; most hospitals ask for it). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from District of Columbia's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

Of the employers hiring surgical technologists in District of Columbia, the hospitals Medicare rates highest (Jul 2026): Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 5 of 5, 74% said nurses always communicated well); District of Columbia's rated hospitals average 2.8 stars. Every District of Columbia hospital hiring here, by rating. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

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