The highest-paying states for surgical technologists (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 surgical technologists in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $75,690, Alaska is the highest paying state for surgical technologists. It is followed by California (average annual salary $75,150). 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 surgical technologists in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | $75,690 |
$49,420 | 260 |
| 2 | California | $75,150 |
$47,480 | 10,810 |
| 3 | Connecticut | $74,900 |
$47,290 | 1,180 |
| 4 | Nevada | $67,640 |
$44,250 | 1,040 |
| 5 | Oregon | $65,370 |
$45,870 | 1,270 |
| 6 | Minnesota | $64,960 |
$49,900 | 1,900 |
| 7 | District of Columbia | $64,210 |
$32,260 | 340 |
| 8 | New York | $63,780 |
$47,180 | 5,700 |
| 9 | Washington | $63,700 |
$50,290 | 2,150 |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $63,580 |
$40,260 | 2,320 |
| 11 | Rhode Island | $63,340 |
$48,900 | 170 |
| 12 | Colorado | $63,180 |
$49,170 | 1,670 |
| 13 | New Jersey | $62,730 |
$48,970 | 2,690 |
| 14 | New Hampshire | $61,890 |
$40,090 | 480 |
| 15 | Arizona | $61,070 |
$40,990 | 2,270 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | $61,040 |
$48,080 | 2,530 |
| 17 | Maryland | $60,110 |
$40,000 | 1,930 |
| 18 | Idaho | $58,820 |
$43,300 | 580 |
| 19 | Virginia | $58,420 |
$43,920 | 1,850 |
| 20 | Delaware | $57,520 |
$46,680 | 400 |
| 21 | Indiana | $56,280 |
$40,780 | 2,740 |
| 22 | Hawaii | $55,310 |
$34,000 | 360 |
| 23 | Georgia | $54,230 |
$38,170 | 3,340 |
| 24 | Maine | $54,220 |
$45,180 | 480 |
| 25 | Texas | $53,460 |
$35,620 | 9,110 |
| 26 | Illinois | $51,850 |
$43,080 | 3,460 |
| 27 | Ohio | $51,650 |
$44,460 | 3,870 |
| 28 | Missouri | $50,940 |
$39,040 | 1,710 |
| 29 | Florida | $50,880 |
$37,760 | 8,750 |
| 30 | Michigan | $50,790 |
$38,010 | 3,950 |
| 31 | Tennessee | $50,780 |
$38,390 | 1,920 |
| 32 | North Dakota | $50,330 |
$47,680 | 320 |
| 33 | Nebraska | $50,040 |
$41,180 | 760 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania | $50,020 |
$44,710 | 3,640 |
| 35 | Utah | $49,790 |
$36,720 | 1,080 |
| 36 | South Carolina | $49,510 |
$39,850 | 2,140 |
| 37 | Kentucky | $49,360 |
$38,660 | 2,030 |
| 38 | Wyoming | $49,250 |
$33,830 | 260 |
| 39 | North Carolina | $49,220 |
$37,540 | 3,330 |
| 40 | South Dakota | $48,900 |
$37,490 | 520 |
| 41 | Iowa | $48,690 |
$38,200 | 840 |
| 42 | Kansas | $48,660 |
$37,520 | 940 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | $48,210 |
$35,360 | 1,810 |
| 44 | Vermont | $47,810 |
$34,800 | 80 |
| 45 | Louisiana | $47,780 |
$35,360 | 2,140 |
| 46 | New Mexico | $47,670 |
$36,570 | 510 |
| 47 | Montana | $47,670 |
$29,850 | 440 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $46,850 |
$33,480 | 530 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $46,840 |
$31,830 | 1,410 |
| 50 | Mississippi | $44,680 |
$31,250 | 1,170 |
| 51 | Alabama | $40,100 |
$29,510 | 2,260 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $22,880 |
$18,420 | 1,020 |