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: Annual salaries for diagnostic medical sonographers vary based on such factors as geographic location and type of employment. National
The average annual salary for diagnostic medical sonographers was $65,800 as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The top 10 percent of the occupation earned at least $90,640 per year, while the bottom 10 percent earned annual wages of $44,950. The middle 50 percent earned between $53,830 and $76,060 per year. Regional
Yearly salaries for diagnostic medical sonographers varied based on they state where they were employed. 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.