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What perfusionists make
Pooled median
$85,000
Pooled low
$63,000
Senior
$106,000
Job Bank's national median is $41 an hour, about $85,000 a year full time. But Job Bank pools perfusionists with respiratory therapists and cardiopulmonary technologists under one code, and perfusionists are the smallest and most specialized group in it. With a master's degree, national certification and on-call, most certified perfusionists sit in the upper half of this range. Treat the low end as the pooled group, not a perfusion salary.