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
Northwest Minnesota 1308$24.21/hr$0.40/hr$18.02/hr$20.71/hr$24.13/hr$28.15/hr$30.55/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 Services130$24.13/hr
Other Regional Data For Surgical Technologists
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 1,170 $30.07/hr 5.4%
Northeast Minnesota 240 $27.60/hr 5.7%
Central Minnesota 220 $29.03/hr 7.0%
Northwest Minnesota 130 $24.13/hr 3.8%
Southwest Minnesota 110 $27.35/hr 2.7%
Southeast Minnesota N/A $28.67/hr 5.5%
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Tasks for Surgical Technologists