Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Cardiovascular Technologists
Cardiovascular Technologists conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary functions, lung capacity, and similar tests.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $30,140 to $39,250 per year or $14 to $19 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $47 | $96,790 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $38 | $78,170 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $28 | $59,100 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $19 | $39,250 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $14 | $30,140 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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RI | $41 | $85,590 |
OR | $40 | $82,810 |
CA | $38 | $79,490 |
NJ | $38 | $78,850 |
DC | $38 | $78,040 |
CT | $37 | $76,170 |
MA | $36 | $75,570 |
CO | $34 | $71,560 |
HI | $34 | $69,940 |
NV | $34 | $69,730 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Cardiovascular Technologist and Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like RI doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at RI might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Cardiovascular Technologists are in the states of RI, OR, CA, NJ and DC.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
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Outpatient Care Centers | $81300 | $39.09 |
Offices of Other Health Practitioners | $75010 | $36.06 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $69900 | $33.61 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories | $67430 | $32.42 |
Offices of Physicians | $64040 | $30.79 |
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $62500 | $30.05 |
Employment Services | $61300 | $29.47 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $59630 | $28.67 |
Specialty Hospitals | $58060 | $27.92 |
Local Government | $51020 | $24.53 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $47180 | $22.68 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $45770 | $22.00 |
Home Health Care Services | $ | $* |