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Endoscopy Technicians — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$48,430

United States, 2025

Employment

109,740

United States, 2025

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.

O*NET code
31-9099.02
Job zone
2
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
  • Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
  • Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.
  • Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
  • Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
  • Place devices, such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeter sensors, nasal cannulas, surgical cautery pads, and cardiac monitoring electrodes, on patients to monitor vital signs.
  • Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
  • Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.

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Salary analysis — United States

$34,770
10th
$39,470
25th
$48,430
Median
$59,710
75th
$71,470
90th

10th percentile

$34,770

25th percentile

$39,470

75th percentile

$59,710

90th percentile

$71,470

Most important skills

  • Active Listening3.6
  • Reading Comprehension3.6
  • Critical Thinking3.4
  • Social Perceptiveness3.3
  • Monitoring3.1
  • Writing3.1
  • Speaking3.1
  • Operations Monitoring3.1
  • Active Learning3.1
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Time Management3.0
  • Operation and Control3.0

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 16 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

16

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension3.64.0Not selected4.0
Active Listening3.63.4Not selected3.4
Critical Thinking3.43.1Not selected3.1
Social Perceptiveness3.33.1Not selected3.1
Speaking3.13.3Not selected3.3
Active Learning3.13.3Not selected3.3
Monitoring3.13.1Not selected3.1
Writing3.13.0Not selected3.0
Operations Monitoring3.13.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Operation and Control3.03.0Not selected3.0
Coordination3.03.0Not selected3.0
Instructing3.03.0Not selected3.0
Complex Problem Solving3.03.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.02.9Not selected2.9
Judgment and Decision Making3.02.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Napa, CA$76,4901002025
DC$73,5904002025
San Francisco, CA$66,5202,1802025
Springfield, MA$65,7601502025
Seattle, WA$64,5401,7202025
Mount Vernon, WA$64,310402025
Austin, TX$64,0801,1402025
Bremerton, WA$62,6601202025
Anchorage, AK$62,550802025
Lewiston, ME$62,230502025
WA$62,0403,1402025
Bellingham, WA$61,850602025
San Luis Obispo, CA$61,7701402025
AK$61,3001202025
Stockton, CA$61,0902602025
Boston, MA$60,7601,1602025
Longview, WA$60,050402025
Vallejo, CA$59,8501302025
Santa Rosa, CA$59,5601002025
Visalia, CA$59,3901502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.