DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

29-2055 Surgical Technologists

Occupational Description:
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. Excludes "Surgical Assistants" (29-9093).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA1,250136$30.34/hr$0.30/hr$24.55/hr$26.91/hr$30.02/hr$34.29/hr$37.89/hr
Minnesota 2,460413$29.19/hr$0.26/hr$21.78/hr$25.58/hr$29.09/hr$33.36/hr$37.49/hr
U S 109,0001,199$24.34/hr$0.07/hr$16.24/hr$19.31/hr$23.46/hr$28.82/hr$34.69/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Surgical Technologists
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Education and Health Services1,230$30.06/hr
Other Regional Data For Surgical Technologists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 1,250 $30.02/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 220 $27.87/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 130 $20.73/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 120 $23.81/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 110 $26.18/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 100 $28.97/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 90 $29.46/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 80 $26.56/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State 30 $25.21/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A $28.72/hr N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A $28.50/hr N/A
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Tasks for Surgical Technologists