Health Care Income Ranges
Health care income ranges
Occupation | Starting salary | Overall average | Upper ranges | Year of data |
Anesthesiologist assistant | $95,000-$120,000 |
| $160,000-$180,000 | 2006 |
Art therapist | $38,000 | $42,000-$48,000 | $70,000-$90,000 | 2006 |
Athletic trainer | $35,000 | $45,000 | $55,000-$85,000 | 2008 |
Audiologist | $52,000 | $65,000 | $85,000 | 2006 |
Cancer registrar | $39,506-$55,134 |
|
| 2005 |
Cardiovascular technologist | $36,000-$45,000 | $50,000-$65,000 | $75,000 plus | 2006 |
Chiropractic |
| $65,000 | $100,00 | 2007 |
$35,460 | $51,720 | $72,040 | 2007 | |
CLS/MT manager |
| $69,500-$72,000 |
| 2005 |
$22,670 | $34,270 | $52,190 | 2007 | |
$28,430 | $49,450 | $79,150 | 2007 | |
Cytotechnologist |
| $30.51/hr |
| 2007 |
Cytotech supervisor | $48,000 | $70,646 | $100,000 | 2002 |
Dance/movement therapist | $32,000 | $38,000-$48,000 | $50,000-$80,000 | 2006 |
$21,550 | $31,550 | $44,930 | 2007 | |
$42,480 | $64,740 | $89,590 | 2007 | |
$19,590 | $33,480 | $55,630 | 2007 | |
Dentist |
| $114,000 | $315,000 | 2004 |
$42,250 | $59,860 | $81,260 | 2007 | |
Diagnostic molecular scientist | $35,000-$47,000 |
| $45,000-$82,000 (management) | 2002 |
Dietetic technician | $30,000-$40,000* |
| $38,000-$53,000 | 2007 |
Dietitian/nutritionist | $42,000-$55,000* |
| $60,000-$91,000 | 2007 |
Electroneurodiagnostic technologist | $35,610 | $44,621 | $49,192-$52,187 | 2006 |
Emergency medical technician-paramedic | $16,090 | $25,310 | $43,240 | 2004 |
Genetic counselor | $40,900 | $59,000 | $150,000 | 2006 |
Health information administrator | $40,000 | $54,700 | $85,000 | 2003 |
Health information technician | $30,000 | $39,100 | $50,000 | 2003 |
Histologic technician |
| $40,500 |
| 2005 |
Histotechnologist |
| $44,970-$49,360 |
| 2005 |
Kinesiotherapist | $36,000-$47,000 | $55,000 | $70,000 | 2006 |
Low vision therapist |
| $44,777 |
| 2002 |
Magnetic resonance technologist | $48,371 | $61,928 | $83,638 | 2007 |
Marriage and family counselor/therapist |
| $57,119 |
| 1997 |
Massage therapist |
| $20,000- $49,000 |
| 2005 |
Medical assistant | $22,650 | $27,951 | $30,000 | 2004 |
$30,600 |
| $73,000 | 2007 | |
Medical illustrator | $44,000-$55,000 | $51,500 | $38,000-$78,000 | 2006 |
Medical librarian | $41,000 | $58,000 | $158,000 | 2005 |
Music therapist |
| $46,417 | $145,000 | 2007 |
Nuclear med technologist | $56,400 | $69,083 | $95,906 | 2007 |
Nurse | $57,280 | $47,710-$69,850 | $83,440 | 2006 |
Occupational therapist | $46,334 | $58,080 | $80,000 | 2006 |
Occupational therapy assistant | $33,000 | $39,728 | $55,100 | 2006 |
Ophthalmic assistant | $28,800 | $43,000 | $49,600 | 2007 |
Ophthalmic dispensing optician | $20,300 | $31,430 | $49,160 | 2007 |
$15,100 |
| $25,000 | 2000 | |
Ophthalmic medical technologist | $53,250 | $62,000 | $73,000 | 2007 |
Ophthalmic technician | $44,500 | $50,000 | $57,000 | 2007 |
Optometrist |
| $175,329 |
| 2007 |
Orientation and mobility specialist |
| $46,564 |
| 2002 |
Orthoptist | $35,000-$42,000 | $45,000-$50,000 | $80,000 | 2000 |
Orthotist and prosthetist | $22,000-$35,000 | $42,000-$60,000 |
| 2003 |
Pathologists' assistant | $75,000-$85,000 |
| $85,000-$100,000+ | 2007 |
Perfusionist | $60,000-$75,000 | $70,000-$90,000 | $100,000 (manager) | 2006 |
$18,520 | $26,720 | $38,210 | 2007 | |
$73,010 | $100,480 | $126,410 | 2007 | |
Phlebotomist |
| $24,315-$29,120 |
| 2005 |
$48,530 | $69,760 | $100,080 | 2007 | |
$27,800 | $44,130 | $61,340 | 2007 | |
Physician assistant | $76,232 | $89,987 | $119,000-$200,000 | 2008 |
Podiatrist |
| $114,000 |
| 2006 |
$37,300 | $62,210 | $104,520 | 2007 | |
Radiographer | $41,612 | $52,336 | $81,136 | 2007 |
$57,658 | $71,461 | $101,959 | 2007 | |
Registered radiologist assistant |
| $102,972 | $112,615 | 2008 |
Rehabilitation counselor | $27,500-$51,700 | $34,300-$55,000 | $55,000-$75,000+ | 2006 |
$36,650 | $50,070 | $66,680 | 2007 | |
Specialist in blood bank technology | $45,000 (bench techs) | $54,000 (supervisors) | $66,000 (managers) | 2006 |
Speech-language pathologist | $51,500 | $65,000 | $79,009 | 2007 |
Surgical assistant | $55,000 | $75,000 | $120K-$200K | 2008 |
$26,650 | $37,540 | $52,550 | 2007 | |
Teacher of the visually impaired | $47,086 |
|
| 2002 |
$21,700 | $36,940 | $58,030 | 2007 | |
$44,150 | $75,230 | $134,920 | 2007 | |
$18,840 | $27,970 | $40,550 | 2007 | |
Vision rehabilitation therapist |
| $37,055 |
| 2002 |
*Data valid for those employed full time in their current primary position for 5 years or less.