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Surgical first assistant pay at Ascension

Ascension posts $31.41–$46.10 an hour for surgical first assistants, a median of $37.50 across 10 open jobs that state their pay, $5.75 below the $43.25 other employers post. Read from Ascension's own job board.

$37.50
Median posted /hr
$31–$46
Lowest to highest /hr
$78,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$43.25
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Ascension jobs · Surgical first assistant pay nationwide · About Ascension

What surgical first assistants are paid at Ascension

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 10 open jobs at Ascension. Lowest posted $31.41, highest $46.10.

Posted on open jobs at Ascension

$37.50–$38.50/hr

Middle half of the employer's 10 jobs stating pay, median $37.50. 100% of the 10 open surgical first assistant jobs at Ascension state an hourly rate.

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Every range Ascension posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Ascension surgical first assistant pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Tennessee$37.50$31.41–$46.108
Florida$38.75$31.41–$46.101
Indiana$38.75$31.41–$46.101
Texas$39.50$33.06–$46.101
Wisconsin$38.75$31.41–$46.101

A state's name opens what every employer posts for surgical first assistants there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Ascension's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for surgical first assistants (each of their advertised ranges once).

Ascension

$37.50/hr median

Middle half $37.50–$38.50, from 10 jobs stating pay.

33 other employers

$43.25/hr median

Middle half $40.25–$48.75, from 80 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open surgical first assistant jobs at Ascension

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Surgical first assistant pay at Ascension: common questions

How much does Ascension pay surgical first assistants?

Ascension's open surgical first assistant jobs post $31.41–$46.10 an hour, a median of $37.50 over 10 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $78,000 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Ascension pay surgical first assistants more than other employers?

Its posted median ($37.50) is $5.75 below the median of 33 other employers' rates for surgical first assistants ($43.25, middle half $40.25–$48.75). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Ascension pay surgical first assistants the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Texas ($39.50, 1 jobs), Florida ($38.75, 1 jobs) and Indiana ($38.75, 1 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 10 of 10 open surgical first assistant jobs at Ascension (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Ascension

Surgical first assistant pay at other employers

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Surgical first assistant pay at Ascension. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/surgical-first-assistant/ascension

How the board counts