Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
All health technologists and technicians not listed separately.
What it pays
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other earn a median of $24.18/hr — about $50,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $18.36/hr; the top 10% earn $40.99/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other earn a median of $24.18/hr — about $50,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $18.36/hr; the top 10% earn $40.99/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
- Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
- Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Post-secondary certificate. Overall preparation: medium preparation (Job Zone 3 of 5).
The feel of the work
The work is mostly indoors; you're around people constantly; precision matters — small details carry weight. (Compared against the other 818 careers in the guide.)
Working for yourself
About 0.5% of health technologists and technicians, all other are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are people-focused, analytical and organized and detail-focused.
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Quick questions
- How much does a health technologists and technicians, all other make?
- The median pay is $24.18 per hour — roughly $50,500 a year, with the real range running from about $18.36/hr (10th percentile) to $40.99/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a health technologists and technicians, all other?
- The typical entry-level education is: Post-secondary certificate. Overall preparation level: medium preparation (Job Zone 3 of 5).
- What does a health technologists and technicians, all other actually do all day?
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings. Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment. Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
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