The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surgical technologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $38,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,620 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,900 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $80,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $55,460 | 11.00% | 13.36% |
| 2016 | $49,360 | 1.22% | - |
| 2015 | $48,760 | 3.16% | - |
| 2014 | $47,220 | -2.96% | - |
| 2013 | $48,620 | 1.17% | - |
| 2012 | $48,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,460 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Barnstable Town and 35.3 percent (35.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying New Bedford.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Barnstable Town | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Springfield | |
| Worcester | |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | |
| Peabody | |
| Pittsfield | |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy | |
| Framingham | |
| Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | |
| New Bedford |