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What surgical technologists make
Median
$64,650
Bottom tenth
$45,940
Top tenth
$96,940
The national median is $64,650 a year. The bottom tenth earn $45,940 or less and the top tenth $96,940 or more (2025 federal wage survey). Surgical technologists have their own line in the federal wage survey, so this is a clean match to the job title.