What the Statistics have to Say about Sonographers in New York (NY)?

According to Indeed.com, Ultrasound technicians in New York earned an average of $68,000 as of Jan 2013, the median salary of which in New York  are 26% higher than average Ultrasound Technician salaries nationwide. Specializations such as Ob/Gyn earn higher at a median range of $76, 000, the average salaries for job postings in New York are 26% higher than average Ob/ Gyn sonography salaries elsewhere. According to salarybox.com report for 2011, it revealed Minimum Ultrasound Technician salary in New York is $50280 annually or $24.18 hourly, while the maximum was found to be $85980 or $41.34 hourly. 90 percentile of ultrasound technicians earned close to $85, 000 annually. As of 2011, there were close to 3600 ultrasound technician’s working in New York.  ultrasoundtechnicianpro.com is one such site which gives detailed salary of ultrasound technician’s in New York

Earnings by Locations in New York:-

Though there are overabundances of opportunities for sonographers throughout New York, ultrasound technicians in New York tend to agglomerate towards more densely populated areas. As of 2013 data gathered from salary.com, Nassau- $ 76 , 900 and New York ,NY  – $ 76 , 900 offer the highest median salaries closely followed by  Poughkeepsie with $ 71, 827. The cities in New York  which paid the least for ultrasound technicians  included  Syracuse – $61, 965;  Utica-  $62, 097  and Binghamton with  $61, 595.

Salary through Designations

Ultrasound technologist’s salaries are based on their designation offered and its responsibilities.  According to Indeed.com data on Jan 30, 2013, Sonographers with job designation as “Medical Instrument Technologist Echocardiography” in New York earned the least with $63,000 along with “General ultrasound sonographer” at $65, 000. Working as a “Ultrasound Technician Ultr UP” technologists earned highest with $1, 28,000 while the rest like “Senior Ultrasound Technologist, Medical Instrument Technician Ultrasound, Supervisory Medical Instrument Technician” earned average salary in range of $65, 000 to $ 85, 000.