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Echocardiographer job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected echocardiographer job growth rate is 10% from 2018-2028.
About 14,700 new jobs for echocardiographers are projected over the next decade.
Echocardiographer salaries have increased 9% for echocardiographers in the last 5 years.
There are over 12,730 echocardiographers currently employed in the United States.
There are 8,100 active echocardiographer job openings in the US.
The average echocardiographer salary is $79,111.
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12,730 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 12,160 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 12,028 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 11,848 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 11,532 | 0.00% |
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $79,111 | $38.03 | +2.2% |
| 2024 | $77,444 | $37.23 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | $75,558 | $36.33 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | $74,411 | $35.77 | +2.5% |
| 2021 | $72,577 | $34.89 | +1.0% |
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 89 | 12% |
| 2 | District of Columbia | 693,972 | 81 | 12% |
| 3 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 98 | 11% |
| 4 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 716 | 10% |
| 5 | Florida | 20,984,400 | 1,785 | 9% |
| 6 | Arkansas | 3,004,279 | 259 | 9% |
| 7 | Indiana | 6,666,818 | 562 | 8% |
| 8 | Kansas | 2,913,123 | 245 | 8% |
| 9 | Iowa | 3,145,711 | 242 | 8% |
| 10 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 107 | 8% |
| 11 | New Jersey | 9,005,644 | 617 | 7% |
| 12 | Washington | 7,405,743 | 519 | 7% |
| 13 | Arizona | 7,016,270 | 492 | 7% |
| 14 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 411 | 7% |
| 15 | Louisiana | 4,684,333 | 316 | 7% |
| 16 | Montana | 1,050,493 | 75 | 7% |
| 17 | Alaska | 739,795 | 51 | 7% |
| 18 | Vermont | 623,657 | 44 | 7% |
| 19 | Connecticut | 3,588,184 | 223 | 6% |
| 20 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 85 | 6% |
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnsville | 2 | 3% | $85,493 |
| 2 | Fort Wayne | 4 | 2% | $83,288 |
| 3 | Cambridge | 2 | 2% | $124,369 |
| 4 | Bowling Green | 1 | 2% | $77,324 |
| 5 | Coeur dAlene | 1 | 2% | $97,754 |
| 6 | Minneapolis | 3 | 1% | $85,875 |
| 7 | Berkeley | 1 | 1% | $125,831 |
| 8 | Hartford | 1 | 1% | $116,656 |
| 9 | Oakland | 2 | 0% | $125,523 |
| 10 | Baltimore | 1 | 0% | $94,437 |
| 11 | Chesapeake | 1 | 0% | $77,423 |
Ms. Ann Walker: Although it might not be ideal, it is imperative to work as close to full-time as possible for the first 1-2 years following graduation. Becoming skilled at sonography within the first 2 years, especially independently, is extremely difficult and often unlikely for new sonographers who take on part-time or PRN positions. It’s all about repetition and getting exposure to every patient with every level of difficulty and pathology on a consistent basis. I would never recommend a sonographer with less than 2 full-time years of experience to attempt any type of travel ultrasound. In addition, not allowing yourself to become over-confident right out of the gate is something I feel very strongly about. We may think that our clinical experience was broad enough to give us an ample foundation to feel extremely confident, but sonography is a field that is often very humbling, and it is our patients that suffer the consequences of our negligence when we rely on false confidence. I would recommend new sonographers to work in a facility that has seasoned techs who are available, even if just by phone of FaceTime, at all times for advice and input, and take every opportunity to absorb their input as you grow your scanning and critical thinking skills.
Ms. Ann Walker: Become registered in as many specialties as possible, and do this within the first two years of your post-graduation date. If you delay this process for years, it is much harder to mentally get back into the groove of studying. Not only does preparing to become registered drastically increase your sonographic mental-database, but this also proves to an employer that you are committed to increasing your critical thinking skills and sonography knowledge, and that you understand the importance of being credentialed. Unregistered and under-prepared sonographers do not add value to a healthcare facility and are also a liability. In my opinion, even if you’ve been a sonographer for 30 years, there is no excuse for being unregistered. I also always suggest to my students that if their fist offer from a facility is unrealistically low, to never accept that first offer. Negotiation is a skill in itself, and I’ve seen many facilities begin with an offer that is unreasonably low to a new graduate.