SURGICAL TECH SALARY BREAKDOWN 100K INCOME POSSIBLE?

***SUPERSTAR PATREON SUPPORTERS!***
-Stephanie Lake

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[carlablizard]

You have to consider cost of living as well in the state you live. California is extremely expensive to live in, so the higher pay may be comparable to the lower wages somewhere else.

[meithink]

additional info: this is a young person's career. the extreme toll it takes on your body - legs, back - standing for hours each day every day every week... (while surgeons do their surgeries in 2 days maybe and clinic the rest of the time), and (nurse circulators who sit for 90% of the surgery case, and CRNAs who sit 95% of the case))..this is one of, if not the most difficult physical jobs in healthcare. HR quickly ignores this, btw, when rating jobs ...staffing levels are thin, cases run back to back, breaks you are lucky if you get, lunch is a meager 30mins....stay in shape, wear compression stockings, elevate legs when possible, and you are to be most admired for what you are willing to do! thank you! get serious experience, then sign up to travel, or change employers and demand better working conditions/shift.

[tammyleex]

I'm so excited... me and my youngest daughter r both starting school in nov for this... I'm 47 she is 20.... I was an emt basic...and held my stna license...now this...I cant wait!!!! Great videos ....

[romanovskie]

I live in Salem, Oregon. Been a tech for 5yrs went from working at the hospital now working in a surgery center at $34hr.

[fernandohernandez]

i just started my surgical tech program two days ago and i feel like your videos have really prepared me for whats to come so thank you

[dajamoore]

AS OF TODAY I FOUND MY CAREER GOAL .... YOU GUYS JUST GAVE ME SO MUCH HOPE.... TY

[mikec]

I have been a CST for 11 years in Indiana, I make a 100k a year this year I made 160k. So you can make a great living as a Certified Surgical Technologies.

[JonnyJonvilleJonathan]

I was on the fence about going to school to become a surgical tech, but now I'm 100% sure it's what I'll be doing. Thanks for the video!

[MachineGunKali]

I saw a job post for a surgical tech position that pays 90k a year.... man I hope I'm lucky enough to score something like that when I finish school lol. that would be beyond dope.

[kylebell]

I'm a traveling Certified Surgical Tech, and make just under 100K a year PRETAXED.

[jaidalewis]

I currently work as a tech in Connecticut and I make over $28/hour, almost 3 years now post grad! Level 1 Trauma Center

[ricardorivera]

Hospitals do pay well but you bust your ass and earn every penny. I worked at a level 1 for twelve years. Being scrubbed for 4-6 hours at a time helping save lives was ok for the first 5 years but starts getting old. Especially, standing on your feet that entire time. Being woken up at 3am to fix some asshole that got shot while he was walking his grandma to church. Or working overnight because someones on vacation and the shift needs to be covered. Worrying about patients making it out of the room alive. I was able to land a great gig that paid almost double working for a private practice with a quarter of the amount of work of working trauma. NO more call, weekends, holidays, or rotations. The experience at the level 1 made me look like an OR superstar, opening up opportunities to negotiate pay. Don't let anyone tell you your best opportunity will be working at a hospital working yourself to death.

[Malvin]

In Long Island, New York they are hospitals who pay 30 dollars an hour fresh out of school + plus lots of overtime hours

[wholeNwon]

The best surgical techs are worth every penny and more. The differences between an average tech and a highly-experienced, meticulous one are substantial. Surgeons will sometimes make specific requests of OR supervisors as to their tech support. Techs should never remain complacent. They should always be trying to improve their own skills. Those efforts are noticed by the people who count, at least they are in major hospitals. In the great medical centers that you've heard of, there is also something of a pecking order. But I guess that's true of all areas. There's a lot of institutional pride.

[watchingyou]

I’m a retired O.R. Tech and my starting wage in 1978 was $5.25/hour. When I retired twenty years later I was only making $13.50/hour. I’m shocked that it’s possible to make 100k a year, but certainly what we made during my career wasn’t enough.

[andrewdc]

I've been working as a nurse assistant for 6 years now. From PCA ($10/hr) to CNA ($11.50/hr) to PCT ($16.80/hr). I make $19 now. I'm planning to start Surgical tech schooling soon. Can't wait 🙂

[tonyburns]

I have moved onto other areas in surgery now but the last year I worked full time as a scrub I made nearly 200K. I worked on a heart team in Las Vegas not far from Shane. This was 2010.

[mayramartinez]

Starting school soon for surgical tech in Arizona! Can’t wait! 🤩

[SLove-sxwz]

I love these videos. I start college in the spring and these videos are such an inspiration and help!

[watchingyou]

Btw, when I was an O.R. Tech many years ago very few surgeons had music playing in the room. So, I guess things have improved.