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Surgical first assistant pay at Sentara Health

Sentara Health posts for surgical first assistants, most often $39.96–$59.48, a median of across 5 open jobs that state their pay, $6.22 above the other employers post. Read from Sentara Health's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Sentara Health jobs · Surgical first assistant pay nationwide · About Sentara Health

What surgical first assistants are paid at Sentara Health

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

The jobs here post rates too close together to chart: $39.96–$59.48 an hour.

Posted on open jobs at Sentara Health

$49.72/hr

Middle half of the employer's 5 distinct posted rates, median $49.72. 100% of the 5 open surgical first assistant jobs at Sentara Health state an hourly rate.

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Every range Sentara Health posts

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

Sentara Health surgical first assistant pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Virginia$49.72$39.96–$59.485

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

Against other employers

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

Sentara Health

$49.72/hr median

Middle half $49.72, from 5 jobs stating pay.

40 other employers

$43.50/hr median

Middle half $39.16–$48.54, from 116 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open surgical first assistant jobs at Sentara Health

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Surgical first assistant pay at Sentara Health: common questions

How much does Sentara Health pay surgical first assistants?

Sentara Health's open surgical first assistant jobs post $39.96–$59.48 an hour, most often $39.96–$59.48 (the median of the low and of the high ends of its posted ranges), a median of $49.72 over 5 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $103,400 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Sentara Health pay surgical first assistants more than other employers?

Its posted median ($49.72) is $6.22 above the median of 40 other employers' rates for surgical first assistants ($43.50, middle half $39.16–$48.54). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 5 of 5 open surgical first assistant jobs at Sentara Health (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.

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 every night from each employer's own careers site, published 9 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Surgical first assistant pay at Sentara Health. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/surgical-first-assistant/sentara-health

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