Earnings
and Employment
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
the median
annual earnings of diagnostic medical sonographers is $61,980. The
middle 50 percent of sonographers earned wages between $52,570 and
$73,680 a year. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $43,600, and the
highest 10 percent earned more than $83,950. Median annual wages of
diagnostic medical sonographers were $62,340 in offices of physicians
and $61,870 in general medical and surgical hospitals.
Diagnostic medical
sonographers hold about 50,300 jobs in the United States. 59 percent of
all sonographer jobs were in public and private hospitals. The remaining
jobs were typically in offices of physicians, medical and diagnostic
laboratories, and outpatient care centers.
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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