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Polysomnographic technologist salary

Open polysomnographic technologist jobs post a median of $35.25 an hour, with the middle half paying $32.75–$40.50: about $73,300 a year full time. Measured from 144 jobs at 80 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$35.25
Median posted /hr
$33–$41
Middle half /hr
$73,300
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$24.18
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Polysomnographic technologist jobs

What polysomnographic technologists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 144 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $17.50, the highest $70.90.

Posted on open jobs

$32.75–$40.50/hr

Middle half of 115 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $35.25. 35% of the 414 open polysomnographic technologist jobs state an hourly rate. 31 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Polysomnographic technologist pay by employer

What each employer posts for polysomnographic technologists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Providence$47.25$24.18–$64.148
Kaiser Permanente$51.75$42.39–$58.696
Mayo Clinic$34$17.50–$41.986
Sentara Health$41.25$33.28–$49.294
Beth Israel Lahey Health$35.75$30.45–$42.394
Hackensack Meridian Health$35.25$32.17–$40.284
RWJBarnabas Health$34$25.06–$424
University of Rochester Medical Center$33.75$27.25–$45.684
Gundersen Health System$35.75$28.92–$42.633
MU Health Care$32.75$22–$39.993
Mercyhealth$32.25$24.76–$39.623
UPMC$31.75$22.84–$41.643
Baptist Health South Florida$30.25$23.91–$37.123
UAB Medicine$30$20.80–$37.253
Sutter Health$60.75$50.65–$70.902
UCSF Health$59.25$52.42–$65.932
MultiCare Health System$51$37.76–$65.992
Stanford Health Care$50.50$45.93–$55.582
Atlantic Health$44.75$34.82–$61.262
Cedars-Sinai$43$33.73–$52.282
Allina Health$42.25$32.92–$52.802
Brown University Health$41$29.53–$48.722
Mass General Brigham$41$31.98–$50.252
HealthPartners$40.50$32.31–$48.472
Boston Children's Hospital$39$28.21–$50.722
Northwestern Medicine$36.25$30.92–$41.742
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$36$26.25–$46.602
Sturdy Health$36$28.32–$43.452
AtlantiCare$33.50$28–$39.202
UnitedHealth Group$33.50$24–$432
Holland Hospital$32.25$24.47–$40.462
OSF HealthCare$31.50$27.26–$35.682
Renown Health$31.25$25–$38.482
Tufts Medicine$29$24.65–$33.592
Stanford Medicine Children's Health$55.75$49.52–$61.891
Franklin General Hospital$55$50–$601
Children's National Hospital$52.25$35.06–$69.551
Southwestern Vermont Health Care$50$501
Mount Sinai Health System$47.75$47.851
Hunterdon Health Care System$45$451

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Polysomnographic technologist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$50.50$46.75–$56.50$29.03 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)18
New Jersey$38.25$33.75–$40$28.03 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
New York$38.25$32.75–$39.75$29 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Massachusetts$35.75$33.75–$37.50$29.09 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
Illinois$34.25$32.25–$34.75$24 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift polysomnographic technologist pay

Where one employer posts both night and other polysomnographic technologist jobs in the same state (9 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Kaiser Permanente, CA$55.75 (1)$51.75 (4)
Beth Israel Lahey Health, MA$35.75 (1)$35.75 (3)
Sentara Health, VA$41.25 (1)$41.25 (3)
Providence, CA$47.25 (2)$47.25 (1)
UPMC, PA$29.75 (1)$32.25 (2)
Atlantic Health, NJ$48 (1)$41.75 (1)
Holland Hospital, MI$30.50 (1)$33.75 (1)
MultiCare Health System, WA$49 (1)$53 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open polysomnographic technologist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Polysomnographic technologist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (29-2099)$18.36 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$21.24 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$24.18 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$30.93 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)$40.99 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)182,610 (source: BLS OEWS, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($35.25) is $11.07 above the BLS median ($24.18 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Polysomnographic technologist salary: common questions

How much does a polysomnographic technologist make an hour?

Open polysomnographic technologist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $35.25, with the middle half between $32.75–$40.50 (144 jobs from 80 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $24.18/hr ($50,290 a year) for health technologists and technicians, all other in May 2025.

How much does a polysomnographic technologist make a year?

At the posted median of $35.25 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $73,300, and the middle half to $68,100 to $84,200. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay polysomnographic technologists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($50.50), New Jersey ($38.25) and New York ($38.25). The lowest: Illinois ($34.25), Massachusetts ($35.75) and New York ($38.25). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay polysomnographic technologists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Kaiser Permanente ($51.75), Providence ($47.25) and Mayo Clinic ($34). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift polysomnographic technologists earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other polysomnographic technologist jobs in the same state (9 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 144 of 414 open polysomnographic technologist jobs (35%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (SOC 29-2099), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other, published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Polysomnographic technologist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/polysomnographic-technologist

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