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
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,170135$30.40/hr$0.33/hr$24.61/hr$26.95/hr$30.07/hr$34.37/hr$37.95/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 Services1,150$30.12/hr
Other Regional Data For Surgical Technologists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 1,170 $30.07/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 240 $27.60/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 210 $22.37/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 150 $28.90/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 100 $28.54/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 50 $25.93/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 30 $28.45/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 30 $31.64/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 30 $23.85/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 20 $23.68/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 20 $22.45/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast N/A $28.67/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters N/A N/A N/A
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Tasks for Surgical Technologists