Salary Of An Ultrasound Technician

How Much Do Ultrasound Technicians Make?

Salary ranges are always difficult to provide to those that are interested because each time you give a salary range you need to make certain that the reader understands the range is an average across all industries that employ ultrasound technicians and across all geographic and demographic areas.  For example, an ultrasound technician in medical laboratories oftentimes makes less than an ultrasound technician that works as an educator in a college or university.  The same for an those that live in different states.  The sonography technician that works in Ohio oftentimes makes as much as 25% less than the technician in California.  Yet the technician in the largest city of Ohio may make more than the technician in a very small town in California.  In the end you need to look at this information as a general picture of the overall ultrasound technician career.

The following chart is the wages/salary for ultrasound technicians across the United States in all industries.  The chart is broken down based on percentile.  The way percentile works is that the 20th percentile means that 20% of the ultrasound technicians make less than that amount of money across the United States across all industries that employ ultrasound technicians.

As you can see this is a career position that pays well.  Remember that these are percentile calculations across many industries and geographic regions.  I cannot stress enough how this skews the data.  For example, the following chart shows the averages for several states.  When looking at this chart only compare the 50th percentile calculation.  This chart is showing the differences that are made between different states.

For those that want to be very technical regarding the data in these charts, there is a difference in the statistics used for the above two charts.  The first chart lists percentile which translates to the median and the second chart lists average wage which is calculated slightly differently.  To be statistically correct the national average is $64,900 which is close enough for the purpose of this salary discussion.  The point is that the pay varies greatly in different geographic regions.  I have highlighted the national median to show how each chart interrelates with the other.

To demonstrate the differences between industries that employ ultrasound technicians consider the following chart.

As you can note from this chart there are different industries that employ ultrasound technicians.  Each of these industries requires the technician to perform their duties in a unique way and each industry has a different average pay structure. 

Hopefully the combination of these charts can help you understand what to expect as far as pay when you become an ultrasound technician.  Look at the charts, think about the industry in which you plan to work, and think how your geographic region compares to those provided as far as cost of living.  Combine these and you will have a good idea of salary expectations for your ultrasound technician career.

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