Title: Ultrasound Sonographer Salary and Career Information
Headings: Ultrasound Sonographer Salary and Career Information
Ultrasound Sonographer Salary and Career Information
Essential Information
Ultrasound Sonographer Salary Information
Ultrasound Sonographer Career Information
Education Requirements

Content: During that year, the five workplace types employing the most diagnostic medical sonographers were general and specialty hospitals, medical and diagnostic labs, physicians' offices and outpatient centers. The average salaries for ultrasound practitioners in these jobs ranged from $71,830 to $102,070. State and metropolitan areas vary in average salaries paid to diagnostic medical sonographers. California, Hawaii, Alaska, D.C., and Rhode Island paid the most, with average salaries ranging from $92,460 to $108,400 a year. As for metropolitan areas, diagnostic medical sonographers in the Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, CA area brought home the most income, with an annual mean wage upwards of $138,130. Ultrasound Sonographer Career Information
Ultrasound sonographers use specialized equipment to view internal parts of the human body to help doctors make medical diagnoses. The images produced by the ultrasound are viewed on a computer screen and are then analyzed by the sonographer. These professionals may specialize in an area of ultrasound sonography, such as obstetrics-gynecology, echocardiography or ophthalmology. The BLS projected that jobs for diagnostic medical sonographers will increase at a much faster than average rate - 17% - from 2019-2029. Education Requirements
Becoming an ultrasound sonographer requires completion of a 2- or 4-year medical diagnostic sonography degree program.