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What cardiovascular technologists make
Typical
$74,310
Monitor technician
$39,000
Senior catheterization lab specialist
$121,350
The national median is $74,310 a year, and the bottom tenth start near $39,000. That range is unusually wide because the survey counts two very different jobs together: technicians who run basic heart tracings, and specialists who assist doctors during catheter procedures. The second group earns nearly double the first.