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Surgical technologist salary

Open surgical technologist jobs post a median of $37 an hour, with the middle half paying $32.50–$43: about $77,000 a year full time. Measured from 893 jobs at 166 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$37
Median posted /hr
$33–$43
Middle half /hr
$77,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$31.08
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Surgical technologist jobs

What surgical 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 893 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $16, the highest $78.81.

Posted on open jobs

$32.50–$43/hr

Middle half of 519 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $37. 32% of the 2,811 open surgical technologist jobs state an hourly rate. 417 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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Surgical technologist pay by employer

What each employer posts for surgical 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
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$44$24.65–$71.5488
CommonSpirit Health$40.50$21.85–$61.8041
Kaiser Permanente$44.75$31.03–$66.7038
Ascension$30.25$22.28–$62.5230
United Surgical Partners International$34$22.69–$5629
AdventHealth$35.25$20.89–$77.3523
Advocate Health$33.25$25.30–$42.8521
Mass General Brigham$39$29.81–$57.5920
UPMC$28.50$23.27–$54.1619
Beth Israel Lahey Health$43$21–$61.6718
Baptist Health South Florida$30.50$16–$45.6218
Providence$45.75$26.70–$59.6116
UW Health$37$27.74–$47.5614
Endeavor Health$33.50$25.36–$40.7114
Atlantic Health$41.50$30.21–$73.5612
Mayo Clinic$38.25$29.69–$48.6612
RWJBarnabas Health$35$20.82–$43.8412
Northwestern Medicine$30.25$24.23–$37.9912
Sentara Health$37.50$30.26–$44.7511
Hackensack Meridian Health$37.25$28.28–$44.3011
Sutter Health$59$36.83–$78.8110
Cedars-Sinai$44.50$29.04–$62.2910
UMass Memorial Health$37$23–$51.649
Avera Health$31.75$24–$389
Fairview Health Services$46$32.26–$54.428
UChicago Medicine$35$31.11–$41.498
OSF HealthCare$32.75$27.26–$38.488
Rochester Regional Health$31$28.05–$34.178
Mercyhealth$28.75$22.73–$35.488
Boston Medical Center$44.25$33.50–$51.487
HealthPartners$44$35.99–$50.657
Scripps Health$42.75$34.97–$53.237
Sharp HealthCare$39.25$32.73–$46.457
Mary Washington Healthcare$39$30.90–$53.657
Brown University Health$37.25$18–$54.117
Inova$47.75$32.30–$62.626
Emory Healthcare$36.50$26.60–$45.516
Valley Health System (New Jersey)$36.50$32.36–$40.456
Loma Linda University Health$35$28.62–$45.146
Luminis Health$34.50$20–$456

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.

Surgical 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
Washington$44.25$40.75–$47.75$37.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)39
California$44$38.25–$53.25$39.09 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)114
Utah$43$36.25–$47$30.15 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)10
Oregon$42$39.25–$45.50$39.13 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)20
New York$41.50$31.50–$48.25$38.25 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)42
Massachusetts$40.50$37–$43$38.88 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)71
Minnesota$40.50$35.25–$42.25$38.56 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)25
Nevada$39.25$35–$46$36.29 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Colorado$39$34.50–$42.25$36.41 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)43
Arizona$38.25$32–$39$34.74 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Georgia$37.50$32.25–$46.50$30.77 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
New Jersey$37.25$34.50–$40.75$37.12 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)61
Texas$36$32.25–$38.25$31.35 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)35
Virginia$35.50$31–$41$32.49 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)54
Missouri$34.25$33–$34.75$29.39 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)18
Florida$34$30.75–$41.50$30.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)63
North Dakota$34$29.75–$35.75$29.63 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)12
Illinois$33.25$30–$34.75$31.08 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)77
Maryland$33$31.75–$36.50$33.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)21
Wisconsin$32.50$29.50–$35.75$35.64 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)51
Tennessee$32$30–$35$29.10 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)17
North Carolina$31.75$23.50–$35.75$29.29 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
South Dakota$31.75$29.50–$32.75$28.79 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14

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 surgical technologist pay

Where one employer posts both night and other surgical technologist jobs in the same state (18 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
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, FL$47.25 (1)$47.25 (20)
UPMC, PA$26.50 (1)$28.75 (18)
Endeavor Health, IL$32.75 (2)$33.50 (12)
Cedars-Sinai, CA$50.50 (1)$43 (9)
Mayo Clinic, AZ$38.25 (1)$38.25 (8)
UMass Memorial Health, MA$37.50 (1)$36.50 (8)
AdventHealth, FL$31.25 (2)$33 (6)
Advocate Health, NC$31.75 (1)$31.75 (7)

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

Surgical technologist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

15 open jobs from 2 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $73,800, the middle half $56,900 to $77,500, from $40,000 to $97,458 posted.

Best-paid open surgical technologist jobs

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

Every open job: Surgical 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
Surgical Technologists (29-2055)$22.09 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)$26.29 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)$31.08 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)$38.34 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)$46.61 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)117,460 (source: BLS OEWS, Surgical Technologists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($37) is $5.92 above the BLS median ($31.08 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Surgical Technologists, 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.

Surgical technologist salary: common questions

How much does a surgical technologist make an hour?

Open surgical technologist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $37, with the middle half between $32.50–$43 (893 jobs from 166 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 $31.08/hr ($64,650 a year) for surgical technologists in May 2025.

How much does a surgical technologist make a year?

At the posted median of $37 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $77,000, and the middle half to $67,600 to $89,400. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 15 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $73,800.

Which states pay surgical technologists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: Washington ($44.25), California ($44) and Utah ($43). The lowest: South Dakota ($31.75), North Carolina ($31.75) and Tennessee ($32). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay surgical technologists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Sutter Health ($59), Inova ($47.75) and Fairview Health Services ($46). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift surgical technologists earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other surgical technologist jobs in the same state (18 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: 893 of 2,811 open surgical technologist jobs (32%) 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: Surgical Technologists (SOC 29-2055), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Surgical Technologists by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Surgical Technologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

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

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