Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians salary

SOC 29-2031 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$74,310

per year, nationally

Middle half

$47,890–$98,110

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

62,960

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.0%

3,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$39,000$121,350

10th: $39,000
25th: $47,890
Median: $74,310
75th: $98,110
90th: $121,350

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where cardiovascular technologists and technicians earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Utah	$113,510	98.9	1,250	1.78×
2	Hawaii	$111,730	110.0	140	0.57×
3	Massachusetts	$105,580	105.8	1,110	0.75×
4	Rhode Island	$104,000	102.3	260	1.29×
5	Idaho	$100,100	95.5	220	0.64×
6	District of Columbia	$99,380	109.9	280	0.99×
7	Oregon	$99,240	103.4	550	0.69×
8	Connecticut	$94,940	103.6	620	0.91×
9	Colorado	$94,190	103.1	720	0.62×
10	New York	$89,570	107.9	3,540	0.90×
11	Delaware	$87,640	99.8	290	1.46×
12	Maryland	$86,440	105.0	970	0.87×
13	Wyoming	$84,140	92.7	60	0.55×
14	Washington	$83,790	107.0	1,110	0.77×
15	New Hampshire	$83,100	104.2	150	0.54×
16	Montana	$82,850	94.6	190	0.91×
17	New Jersey	$82,710	108.8	2,440	1.40×
18	Maine	$82,050	97.0	220	0.86×
19	Michigan	$80,650	96.2	2,070	1.16×
20	Indiana	$79,380	93.3	1,380	1.06×
21	Ohio	$79,270	92.8	2,140	0.95×
22	Alaska	$79,040	102.4	160	1.19×
23	Iowa	$78,850	87.8	380	0.59×
24	California	$78,170	110.7	5,570	0.76×
25	Georgia	$78,070	96.3	2,580	1.31×
26	Florida	$77,140	103.4	5,640	1.40×
27	Virginia	$76,880	101.1	2,410	1.45×
28	Tennessee	$76,650	91.9	1,030	0.78×
29	Arizona	$74,900	100.7	1,450	1.10×
30	Arkansas	$74,800	86.9	410	0.79×
31	Wisconsin	$74,380	94.1	900	0.75×
32	Missouri	$73,680	90.8	850	0.72×
33	Minnesota	$71,520	98.6	950	0.80×
34	Nevada	$71,240	100.0	380	0.61×
35	Vermont	$69,620	98.0	50	0.43×
36	Kansas	$69,060	90.1	540	0.92×
37	South Dakota	$67,290	88.6	200	1.07×
38	North Dakota	$65,890	89.0	120	0.67×
39	Illinois	$61,870	100.0	1,710	0.69×
40	Kentucky	$60,980	90.2	940	1.16×
41	Nebraska	$60,000	90.1	330	0.78×
42	South Carolina	$59,170	93.7	890	0.95×
43	Pennsylvania	$58,090	97.6	3,630	1.48×
44	North Carolina	$55,460	94.3	1,990	1.00×
45	Texas	$53,000	97.1	6,140	1.08×
46	Louisiana	$50,050	88.2	890	1.14×
47	Alabama	$47,650	88.8	930	1.08×
48	New Mexico	$47,340	92.2	400	1.13×
49	West Virginia	$45,910	89.5	350	1.24×
50	Oklahoma	$44,900	87.8	830	1.20×
51	Mississippi	$38,000	87.0	590	1.25×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where cardiovascular technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for cardiovascular technologists and technicians

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$224,280	100.9	810	2.42×
2	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$128,530	110.5	50	0.41×
3	Urban Honolulu, HI	$111,730	111.0	130	0.73×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,710	111.1	640	0.76×
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$107,000	108.3	780	0.71×
6	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$106,340	100.9	70	0.49×
7	Modesto, CA	$105,400	104.1	80	1.07×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$104,050	106.9	170	1.04×
9	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$104,000	101.8	330	1.15×
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$103,060	115.6	500	0.52×
11	Colorado Springs, CO	$102,350	100.7	70	0.58×
12	Boise City, ID	$100,100	98.4	140	0.88×
13	Worcester, MA	$98,950	102.5	120	0.86×
14	Syracuse, NY	$97,900	95.7	100	0.86×
15	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$97,590	110.4	220	0.48×
16	Madison, WI	$95,890	97.3	80	0.46×
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$95,750	105.4	340	0.70×
18	Vallejo, CA	$95,490	108.5	50	0.86×
19	Boulder, CO	$94,190	105.2	80	0.99×
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$93,030	108.9	1,390	1.09×
21	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$92,260	105.8	400	0.62×
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$92,110	107.8	40	0.48×
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$89,950	102.7	220	0.92×
24	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$88,290	106.7	330	0.75×
25	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$87,210	112.6	4,180	1.09×
26	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$86,860	103.2	160	1.64×
27	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$86,270	104.5	510	0.93×
28	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$86,180	101.6	50	0.84×
29	Port St. Lucie, FL	$85,540	100.2	120	1.70×
30	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$85,130	104.8	370	0.46×
31	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$84,550	92.7	120	0.79×
32	Winchester, VA-WV	$84,370	96.5	50	1.83×
33	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$84,270	97.0	80	1.49×
34	Jonesboro, AR	$84,000	85.9	30	1.24×
35	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$83,590	105.7	60	0.79×
36	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$83,480	95.8	160	0.73×
37	Punta Gorda, FL	$83,200	100.5	40	1.62×
38	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$83,130	101.1	40	0.58×
39	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$82,900	105.1	40	0.31×
40	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$82,660	102.4	190	1.35×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where cardiovascular technologists and technicians wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$64,400
Pharmacy Technicians$45,750
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$62,930
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$80,110
Medical Records Specialists$51,140
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$50,290
Emergency Medical Technicians$44,470
Psychiatric Technicians$45,130

Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians salary

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Getting in

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Best paying metro areas for cardiovascular technologists and technicians

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