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The table below shows hourly and annual mean wages for surgical technicians by city. The employment column lists the estimated number of surgical techs employed by the city. The data was collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics OES - May 2008.

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Occupation: Surgical Technologists (SOC code 292055)   
Period: May 2008   
Area nameEmployment(1)Hourly mean wageAnnual mean wage(2)
Anniston-Oxford, AL5014.1529420
Birmingham-Hoover AL47015.6932640
Columbus GA-AL11015.5732390
Dothan AL10016.1233540
Huntsville AL26018.2237890
Mobile AL17013.1727400
Montgomery AL25016.5934510
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area6013.3727800
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area7015.1231450
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area7014.8130810
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area5012.8226670
Anchorage AK5020.6742990
Lake Havasu City - Kingman AZ4016.6334590
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ80019.6540880
Tucson AZ25020.4642550
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO13018.6938880
Fort Smith AR-OK10014.9831160
Jonesboro AR4014.7530690
Little Rock-North Little Rock AR44016.2933880
Memphis TN-MS-AR83017.6336660
Central Arkansas nonmetropolitan area6016.0133310
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area5012.4825950
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area4013.0827210
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area6014.5830320
Bakersfield CA17018.7839070
Fresno CA15024.2250380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA Metropolitan Division245021.9745710
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA326022.145970
Modesto CA14022.8347480
Napa CA5022.7347290
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward CA Metropolitan Division58026.454920
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA23019.9441470
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA62020.2942200
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA55021.8745490
Salinas CA5021.9945730
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA80023.2448340
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA135025.7353520
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City CA Metropolitan Division76025.2152450
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA55025.5853210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles CA10019.6240800
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine CA Metropolitan Division82022.4846770
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria CA13022.4746740
Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA8024.7751510
Stockton CA14023.0547940
Visalia-Porterville CA8021.1944080
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area5022.5446890
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area3023.4748810
Boulder CO11021.5444800
Colorado Springs CO13022.4246640
Denver-Aurora CO9402143680
Fort Collins-Loveland CO7019.7341040
Pueblo CO7019.9441460
West Colorado nonmetropolitan area3020.9443550
Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area3021.9545660
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT16022.4946780
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT23023.2648380
New Haven CT39019.5240610
Norwich-New London CT-RI7020.9543570
Springfield MA-CT28019.2740080
Worcester MA-CT16021.745130
Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division17020.1641920
Sussex County Delaware nonmetropolitan area(8)-17.6736750
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division113021.644930
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV143022.6747150
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice FL20017.5436480
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL20018.6538790
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL14020.2642140
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach FL Metropolitan Division54018.3338130
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin FL(8)-16.1133510
Gainesville FL15017.9137250
Jacksonville FL47017.2635900
Lakeland FL11018.2437950
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL175017.9537330
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL Metropolitan Division87017.8637140
Naples-Marco Island FL8019.3940330
Ocala FL8016.9635280
Orlando-Kissimmee FL56016.2633810
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL1702449920
Panama City-Lynn Haven FL14015.933080
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL14016.734740
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce FL5017.2635900
Sebastian-Vero Beach FL6017.9137250
Tallahassee FL12016.9335210
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL77017.636620
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL Metropolitan Division34017.5836570
Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area8016.8835120
South Florida nonmetropolitan area4017.2835950
Albany GA9015.5932430
Athens-Clarke County GA14015.9433150
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA135018.3138090
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC18017.7736960
Chattanooga TN-GA4701837440
Dalton GA5015.0231240
Gainesville GA5015.632440
Macon GA18015.6432530
Rome GA7019.9741530
Savannah GA22015.5732390
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area7016.1633610
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area5015.6932640
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area4013.8528810
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area13014.7530680
Honolulu HI22021.6445020
Hawaii / Maui / Kauai nonmetropolitan area3019.0139550
Boise City-Nampa ID29018.2537960
Coeur d'Alene ID(8)-24.3550640
Southcentral Idaho nonmetropolitan area50(8)-(8)-
Champaign-Urbana IL7020.9443550
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL Metropolitan Division205022.1446060
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL-IN-WI243021.8745500
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL7018.2938040
Lake County-Kenosha County IL-WI Metropolitan Division13022.7847380
Peoria IL18018.4138280
Rockford IL10021.9245590
St. Louis MO-IL61018.4738410
Springfield IL(8)-19.9441470
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area3017.335980
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area(8)-22.0545870
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area7019.4540470
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area13017.4736340
Anderson IN4017.8337080
Bloomington IN5016.9735300
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN66017.8837190
Elkhart-Goshen IN(8)-20.0141630
Evansville IN-KY26016.6834680
Fort Wayne IN18017.736810
Gary IN Metropolitan Division25019.2339990
Indianapolis-Carmel IN75019.6740910
Kokomo IN3016.0333350
Lafayette IN13018.1737800
Louisville-Jefferson County KY-IN63018.2437930
Michigan City-La Porte IN6018.3738210
South Bend-Mishawaka IN-MI9018.7438980
Terre Haute IN7018.6838850
Northeast Indiana nonmetropolitan area8016.8234980
Northwest Indiana nonmetropolitan area12018.9639430
Southwest / Southeast Indiana nonmetropolitan area8016.9635280
Des Moines-West Des Moines IA9017.9937430
Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA37018.9939500
Sioux City IA-NE-SD10016.9335220
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area3017.0435440
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area4015.3932010
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area7016.1433580
Kansas City MO-KS72019.5640680
Topeka KS8017.4636310
Wichita KS29016.4234160
Kansas nonmetropolitan area20015.2731750
Bowling Green KY10016.9635280
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH14015.1331470
Lexington-Fayette KY32016.9635280
Owensboro KY12015.0131230
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area17016.2933870
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area16016.4334180
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area9016.7434820
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area10014.3129760
Alexandria LA6016.233690
Baton Rouge LA17018.8339170
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA5018.0237480
Lafayette LA11016.9135170
Lake Charles LA7017.2235820
Monroe LA6016.2533800
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA45018.8239150
Shreveport-Bossier City LA15014.3729880
Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area3014.8530890
New Iberia nonmetropolitan area8016.9235200
Bangor ME6017.5636530
Lewiston-Auburn ME5018.1837810
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME19019.239940
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area14018.3838220
Baltimore-Towson MD93022.1846130
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick MD Metropolitan Division31026.5755260
Cumberland MD-WV5018.2738010
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV9018.6638820
Salisbury MD5018.5138500
Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area(8)-18.237860
Barnstable Town MA9024.0650040
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH162021.0543780
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA NECTA Division129021.2844270
Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division6020.1341880
New Bedford MA(8)-22.8347490
Peabody MA NECTA Division8020.141810
Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA32021.1243930
Ann Arbor MI11018.8139120
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn MI Metropolitan Division48020.5542730
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI97020.1941990
Flint MI11019.4940530
Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI26020.6843010
Holland-Grand Haven MI3020.6843010
Jackson MI(8)-19.3540250
Kalamazoo-Portage MI14017.1935750
Muskegon-Norton Shores MI6019.1839900
Niles-Benton Harbor MI(8)-19.5540670
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North MI(8)-18.8839270
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills MI Metropolitan Division49019.8441270
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area9016.8535060
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area4016.2133730
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area10016.9535250
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area18017.8737170
Duluth MN-WI23020.3342280
Fargo ND-MN(8)-16.5334390
La Crosse WI-MN120(8)-(8)-
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI99022.2646300
Rochester MN340(8)-(8)-
St. Cloud MN10021.244100
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area9018.0437530
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area5020.2342070
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area10019.8741320
Gulfport-Biloxi MS17016.1233530
Hattiesburg MS12014.7430650
Jackson MS31017.135580
Pascagoula MS5014.3829900
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area17014.0429200
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area5012.3825750
Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area(8)-15.2131630
Columbia MO9018.3438160
Joplin MO13014.1229360
Springfield MO30017.3636110
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area6018.5538580
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area16015.5732390
Billings MT4019.8941360
Missoula MT9018.7238940
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area3018.3138070
Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area5014.7730730
Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area4016.6234570
Las Vegas-Paradise NV65022.3746530
Reno-Sparks NV20021.8545440
Manchester NH5019.841180
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ15018.5138500
Atlantic City NJ6022.1346040
Camden NJ Metropolitan Division18019.9741530
Edison NJ Metropolitan Division32019.9841570
Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division43020.3942420
New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division307021.7245180
Trenton-Ewing NJ7020.1641940
Albuquerque NM25016.6134550
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area8013.327660
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY21016.2533800
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY24019.8541290
Kingston NY4016.4334170
Nassau-Suffolk NY Metropolitan Division86022.5546900
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA468021.6345000
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY8021.3144330
Rochester NY23015.632450
Syracuse NY19019.2740080
Utica-Rome NY(8)-16.5734460
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area4017.8237060
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area6016.0333330
Asheville NC11017.4436270
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC67017.3636110
Durham NC30018.3238100
Fayetteville NC11019.6540870
Greensboro-High Point NC27017.3336040
Greenville NC14017.9937410
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC11019.1339790
Raleigh-Cary NC30019.340140
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC44018.6738830
Wilmington NC8016.7434820
Winston-Salem NC17018.3138080
Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area12016.2333760
Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area22017.9937430
Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area23017.2135800
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area10015.6432530
Akron OH29018.3638200
Canton-Massillon OH(8)-17.3536080
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH75017.6636730
Columbus OH55017.7836990
Dayton OH39019.640760
Lima OH6015.9833240
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna WV-OH7014.6430450
Springfield OH4016.0833440
Toledo OH16019.5340620
Wheeling WV-OH4014.6130380
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA15018.2237900
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area7017.5436480
Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area10016.7834900
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area6016.0833450
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area17017.2635900
Lawton OK7014.0929310
Oklahoma City OK66016.3133920
Tulsa OK42016.5334380
Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area7013.9929090
Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area6015.0131230
Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area10014.129340
Bend OR(8)-20.1141820
Eugene-Springfield OR7021.8745490
Medford OR4020.4942620
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA49022.0545870
Salem OR5019.7741120
Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area4018.6738840
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area6020.2242050
Altoona PA5018.6738820
Erie PA8014.830790
Harrisburg-Carlisle PA22018.0237490
Johnstown PA(8)-16.9535260
Lancaster PA9019.6640900
Lebanon PA(8)-17.4836370
Philadelphia PA Metropolitan Division84019.3840300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD119019.5840720
Pittsburgh PA104016.3834060
Reading PA(8)-20.2242050
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre PA22016.5634450
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area11016.1733630
West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area8015.632440
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area7017.8437110
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area17018.8839280
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian PR407.0214590
Mayaguez PR407.0114590
Ponce PR1108.2617190
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo PR7008.9318570
Charleston-North Charleston SC13015.6632570
Columbia SC38017.4736350
Florence SC21016.7534830
Greenville SC30017.1635690
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC6016.4834290
Spartanburg SC13017.4436280
Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area12017.3836150
Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area11015.0331270
Lower Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area3016.4134130
Sioux Falls SD19017.837020
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area7015.8632990
Jackson TN4018.8339160
Johnson City TN11017.4936370
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol TN-VA13016.8735090
Knoxville TN46016.5634440
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN128019.2740080
Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area3015.3831990
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area11015.9633190
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area14017.5236450
Abilene TX50(8)-(8)-
Amarillo TX10017.7536930
Austin-Round Rock TX54019.2940120
Brownsville-Harlingen TX10018.538470
College Station-Bryan TX8016.9535260
Corpus Christi TX15017.7136840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX221019.4740490
Dallas-Plano-Irving TX Metropolitan Division139019.3340200
El Paso TX15018.2437930
Fort Worth-Arlington TX Metropolitan Division82019.740970
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX157020.6943040
Longview TX5015.2331680
Lubbock TX12016.8935140
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX18018.9839490
Odessa TX10014.9231030
San Angelo TX6020.4442510
San Antonio TX74016.8735090
Sherman-Denison TX7018.0337500
Tyler TX14017.1935760
Waco TX(8)-16.3934090
Wichita Falls TX7015.0231230
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area11013.7728640
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area17016.9935350
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area4014.9731140
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area4015.7232700
Ogden-Clearfield UT17016.233700
Provo-Orem UT15016.5734470
Salt Lake City UT29018.7238930
Burlington-South Burlington VT4018.738890
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA4017.135570
Charlottesville VA10019.9141400
Lynchburg VA(8)-18.3438140
Richmond VA39020.1841980
Winchester VA-WV(8)-20.4242460
Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area(8)-19.4340420
Bremerton-Silverdale WA(8)-18.7438970
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA6018.638680
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA Metropolitan Division67022.9947810
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA74022.9147660
Spokane WA26021.2644220
Tacoma WA Metropolitan Division7022.1846130
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area5021.5344780
Charleston WV19015.0531300
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area11015.5732390
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area9013.3427750
Appleton WI11020.442430
Eau Claire WI10021.9945750
Fond du Lac WI3020.3342290
Green Bay WI24020.4242470
Janesville WI5018.939310
Madison WI28021.945540
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI71021.7445210
Oshkosh-Neenah WI9020.7243100
Racine WI8020.4242460
Wausau WI9019.7641090
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area8019.640760
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area24019.6840940
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area7020.2942210
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area8021.0243730
Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area4019.4640480
Casper WY4017.1635700
Footnotes:   
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.   
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by 2080 hours; where an hourly mean wage is not published the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.   
(8) Estimate not released.   
SOC code: Standard Occupational Classification code -- see http://www.bls.gov/soc/home.htm   
    
Data extracted on January 19 2010  

 

 

 

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