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Surgical Technologists

Average Salary - $56K | Education - Associates Degree | 4-Years

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About Surgical Technologists

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

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SALARIES

 

SALARIES

$37,190

AVERAGE ENTRY

$58,750

AVERAGE MID

$75,940

AVERAGE ADVANCED

SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

DEGREES, CERTIFICATIONS, COURSES

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Pima Community College
 Tucson, AZ 85709-1010  

Arizona Western College
 Yuma, AZ 85365  

GateWay Community College (MCCCD)
 Phoenix, AZ 85034  

Pima Medical Institute (Phoenix)
 AZ  

Pima Medical Institute (Tucson)
 AZ  
University of Arizona
 Tucson, AZ 85721-0066  

University of Arizona
 Tucson, AZ 85721-0066  

GateWay Community College (MCCCD)
 Phoenix, AZ 85034  
GateWay Community College (MCCCD)
 Phoenix, AZ 85034  

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SURGICAL TECHNOLOGISTS

BY THE NUMBERS

 

NUMBERS

31.5

Percent

Increase in employment for healthcare and social assistance from 2021 - 2031 (Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity).

3

Thousand

Projected openings through 2030.

15

Jobs

Available as of today.

One of the highest in demand careers in the U.S.

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