Title: What Is the Yearly Salary of a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer? | Work - Chron.com
Headings: What Is the Yearly Salary of a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer?
What Is the Yearly Salary of a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer?
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Content: For example, approximately 9.7 percent of the nation's 54,760 diagnostic medical sonographers worked in California, where they earned average annual salaries of $81,750 as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other examples show that sonographers who worked in Florida earned average salaries of $58,260. Those who worked in Rhode Island earned average salaries of $75,410 per year, while those in Montana earned average annual wages of $64,850. Employment Type
General medical and surgical hospitals provided jobs for 32,900 diagnostic medical sonographers as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sonographers who worked in hospitals earned average annual salaries of $65,870. Those who worked for colleges, universities or professional schools earned the highest average wages for the profession at $74,540 per year. Those who worked for diagnostic and medical laboratories earned average annual salaries of $63,920. Considerations
Diagnostic medical sonography is one of the fastest growing career fields in the health-care industry, with projected growth in new jobs of 44 percent between 2010 and 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Candidates for a career in diagnostic medical sonography must typically hold at least an associate's degree from an accredited program, although candidates with experience in a clinically related health care profession might qualify for a one-year course. Sonographers who are certified in more than one imaging specialty should have the best employment opportunities.