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Neurodiagnostic Technologists Salary in PA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Neurodiagnostic Technologists in PA have a median annual salary of $46,720, with 13,200 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $39,350 at the 10th percentile to $75,150 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$46,720

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$22.46

Employment

13,200

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$39,350
10th
$42,620
25th
$46,720
Median
$57,070
75th
$75,150
90th

Local compared with national

PA

$46,720

Median annual · 2025

United States

$50,290

Median annual · 2025

The PA median is 7.1% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $3,570).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 3.9
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.8
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.8
  5. 5.MonitoringImportance 3.6
  6. 6.WritingImportance 3.4
  7. 7.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 3.1
  9. 9.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.1
  10. 10.InstructingImportance 3.1
  11. 11.Service OrientationImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • BESA EEGFocus
  • Cadwell Laboratories Easy
  • Database software
  • EEG Portaview
  • FileMaker Pro
  • JavaScript
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Word
  • Natus NeuroWorks
  • Neurofax SpikeDetector
  • Neurotronics Polysmith

Common tasks

  • Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
  • Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
  • Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
  • Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
  • Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
  • Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
  • Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
  • Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
  • Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
  • Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.

Related careers

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