Surgical tech pay by state, adjusted by cost of living | 2024

When accounting for the cost of living, Minnesota has the highest hourly mean wage for surgical technologists while Hawaii has the lowest. 

Below are the mean hourly wages for surgical technologists in all 50 states, adjusted by cost of living. Becker's calculated these figures using May 2023 salary data from BLS and 2024 cost of living index data from World Population Review. 

State

Hourly mean wage

Cost of living index

Surgical tech mean hourly wage, adjusted by cost of living

Minnesota

$34.32

94.1

$36.47

Nevada

$35.48

101.3

$35.02

Connecticut

$38.02

113.1

$33.62

Wisconsin

$31.55

95

$33.21

Missouri

$29.23

88.4

$33.07

Nebraska

$28.98

90.1

$32.16

Illinois

$28.78

90.8

$31.70

Georgia

$28.66

91

$31.49

Texas

$28.88

93

$31.05

Virginia

$31.92

103.1

$30.96

Indiana

$28.25

91.5

$30.87

Washington

$35.38

115.1

$30.74

Oklahoma

$26.17

86

$30.43

Tennessee

$27.47

90.4

$30.39

Michigan

$27.85

92.7

$30.04

Oregon

$34.43

115.1

$29.91

Colorado

$31.50

105.5

$29.86

Wyoming

$27.53

92.8

$29.67

Utah

$30.10

101.5

$29.66

Kansas

$25.98

87.7

$29.62

New Jersey

$33.77

114.1

$29.60

North Dakota

$27.72

94.6

$29.30

Ohio

$27.47

94

$29.22

Arizona

$31.26

107.2

$29.16

Iowa

$25.74

89.7

$28.70

Pennsylvania

$28.32

99

$28.61

Alaska

$35.31

124.4

$28.38

New York

$35.17

125.1

$28.11

South Carolina

$26.72

96.5

$27.69

New Hampshire

$31.82

115

$27.67

Rhode Island

$30.56

110.5

$27.66

Delaware

$28.36

102.6

$27.64

Montana

$28.41

103.7

$27.40

North Carolina

$26.28

96.1

$27.35

California

$36.62

134.5

$27.23

New Mexico

$25.61

94.2

$27.19

Louisiana

$24.92

92

$27.09

Idaho

$28.58

106.1

$26.94

Kentucky

$25.21

93.8

$26.88

Arkansas

$24.08

90.3

$26.67

Florida

$27.28

102.3

$26.67

Mississippi

$22.65

85.3

$26.55

South Dakota

$24.58

93.8

$26.20

West Virginia

$23.42

90.3

$25.94

Maine

$28.37

111.5

$25.44

Maryland

$30.31

119.5

$25.36

Alabama

$22.14

88.8

$24.93

Vermont

$28.10

114.9

$24.46

Massachusetts

$34.02

148.4

$22.92

Hawaii

$32.52

179

$18.17

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