The highest-paying states for all other healthcare technologists and practitioners, medical registrars, and surgical assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of all other healthcare technologists and practitioners, medical registrars, and surgical assistants in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $79,950, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for all other healthcare technologists and practitioners, medical registrars, and surgical assistants. It is followed by Connecticut (average annual salary $76,390). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of all other healthcare technologists and practitioners, medical registrars, and surgical assistants in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $79,950 |
$42,240 | 180 |
| 2 | Connecticut | $76,390 |
$36,340 | 720 |
| 3 | Maryland | $75,880 |
$36,680 | 3,150 |
| 4 | Minnesota | $74,060 |
$37,620 | 1,000 |
| 5 | New Jersey | $71,530 |
$40,460 | 1,190 |
| 6 | New York | $64,650 |
$37,160 | 2,040 |
| 7 | Maine | $63,930 |
$32,370 | 300 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | $63,490 |
$33,350 | 1,750 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $63,040 |
$33,480 | 510 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $62,680 |
$35,830 | 1,430 |
| 11 | Michigan | $62,440 |
$38,040 | 2,340 |
| 12 | Ohio | $62,280 |
$30,500 | 1,990 |
| 13 | Iowa | $59,360 |
$31,310 | 590 |
| 14 | South Dakota | $59,110 |
$34,650 | 180 |
| 15 | Virginia | $58,420 |
$33,070 | 2,450 |
| 16 | Washington | $57,580 |
$37,220 | 1,790 |
| 17 | Nebraska | $57,500 |
$28,850 | 190 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | $57,430 |
$33,920 | 1,620 |
| 19 | Alaska | $57,310 |
$35,780 | 100 |
| 20 | Vermont | $56,630 |
$33,710 | 60 |
| 21 | Wyoming | $55,920 |
$33,330 | 60 |
| 22 | Colorado | $54,980 |
$33,940 | 790 |
| 23 | California | $54,700 |
$31,000 | 7,430 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | $53,780 |
$30,010 | 570 |
| 25 | Kansas | $53,450 |
$28,510 | 1,280 |
| 26 | Montana | $51,620 |
$29,420 | 240 |
| 27 | Oregon | $51,610 |
$34,910 | 1,250 |
| 28 | New Mexico | $51,110 |
$32,120 | 390 |
| 29 | Nevada | $51,030 |
$28,070 | 930 |
| 30 | Texas | $50,470 |
$26,620 | 4,400 |
| 31 | Tennessee | $50,300 |
$28,190 | 2,870 |
| 32 | Florida | $49,830 |
$28,760 | 6,700 |
| 33 | Arizona | $49,090 |
$32,780 | 1,420 |
| 34 | North Dakota | $49,080 |
$29,160 | 170 |
| 35 | Hawaii | $49,030 |
$41,220 | 590 |
| 36 | Louisiana | $48,380 |
$24,190 | 3,100 |
| 37 | Illinois | $46,790 |
$27,740 | 2,830 |
| 38 | North Carolina | $46,660 |
$25,300 | 880 |
| 39 | Delaware | $44,500 |
$27,820 | 140 |
| 40 | Kentucky | $43,390 |
$27,380 | 1,370 |
| 41 | Georgia | $43,070 |
$25,650 | 5,930 |
| 42 | Missouri | $41,540 |
$26,390 | 2,000 |
| 43 | Idaho | $41,270 |
$32,720 | 270 |
| 44 | Utah | $39,030 |
$28,110 | 650 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $38,590 |
$26,520 | 1,980 |
| 46 | Alabama | $37,760 |
$26,600 | 550 |
| 47 | West Virginia | $37,560 |
$25,630 | 400 |
| 48 | South Carolina | $37,290 |
$26,370 | 180 |
| 49 | Indiana | $36,650 |
$25,980 | 2,390 |
| 50 | Arkansas | $36,220 |
$25,370 | 560 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $34,640 |
$20,990 | 460 |