Certified Surgical Technologists


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Certified Surgical Technologists

Certified Surgical Technologists - Wages & Trends

Wages vary by employer and area of the country. Wages also vary based on the surgical technologist's experience.

Benefits vary by employer. Most full-time surgical technologists receive typical benefits. These include vacation, sick leave, and health insurance. Part-time surgical technologists usually do not receive benefits.

Surgical technologists (SOC 29-2055)
Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly $23.88 $25.89 $30.82
Yearly $49,688 $53,839 $64,117
    Champaign Area Hourly $23.54 $24.38 $30.05
Yearly $48,957 $50,707 $62,506
    Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area Hourly $19.21 $24.10 $25.03
Yearly $39,957 $50,135 $52,058
    Cook County Hourly $25.30 $29.17 $31.40
Yearly $52,626 $60,667 $65,310
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly $24.61 $29.92 $31.68
Yearly $51,201 $62,233 $65,907
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $23.90 $26.30 $27.68
Yearly $49,731 $54,720 $57,576
    Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area Hourly $22.53 $22.80 $28.72
Yearly $46,860 $47,443 $59,752
    Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area Hourly $22.43 $24.59 $28.72
Yearly $46,653 $51,151 $59,744
    Lake County Hourly $24.61 $28.27 $31.00
Yearly $51,200 $58,790 $64,481
    Mt. Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area Hourly $23.27 $23.40 $24.70
Yearly $48,407 $48,656 $51,378
    Northwest Illinois Area Hourly $22.22 $23.73 $28.68
Yearly $46,232 $49,350 $59,656
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $23.36 $24.22 $27.41
Yearly $48,589 $50,368 $57,016
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly $22.91 $23.73 $28.40
Yearly $47,640 $49,353 $59,073
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly $18.10 $22.49 $23.95
Yearly $37,654 $46,783 $49,813
    Rockford Area Hourly $23.81 $24.27 $29.98
Yearly $49,522 $50,475 $62,365
    Shawnee National Forest Area Hourly $18.65 $19.52 $22.68
Yearly $38,798 $40,604 $47,168
    Springfield Area Hourly $23.25 $24.62 $29.14
Yearly $48,366 $51,215 $60,611
    St. Louis-Belleville Area Hourly $23.49 $24.86 $29.32
Yearly $48,848 $51,708 $60,972
United States Hourly $23.01 $26.91 $30.94
Yearly $47,860 $55,960 $64,360

Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.