Holter scanning technician vs echo technician

The differences between holter scanning technicians and echo technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a holter scanning technician and an echo technician. Additionally, an echo technician has an average salary of $75,952, which is higher than the $33,320 average annual salary of a holter scanning technician.

The top three skills for a holter scanning technician include ECG, identify incidents and stress tests. The most important skills for an echo technician are patients, BLS, and echocardiography.

Holter scanning technician vs echo technician overview

	Holter Scanning Technician	Echo Technician
Yearly salary	$33,320	$75,952
Hourly rate	$16.02	$36.52
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	12,728	14,522
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 54%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	2	2

Holter scanning technician vs echo technician salary

Holter scanning technicians and echo technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Holter Scanning Technician	Echo Technician
Average salary	$33,320	$75,952
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $52,000	Between $49,000 And $117,000
Highest paying City	-	Springfield, OR
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	University of Maryland Medical System
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between holter scanning technician and echo technician education

There are a few differences between a holter scanning technician and an echo technician in terms of educational background:

	Holter Scanning Technician	Echo Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 54%
Most common major	Medical Assisting Services	Medical Technician
Most common college	New York University	Duke University

Holter scanning technician vs echo technician demographics

Here are the differences between holter scanning technicians' and echo technicians' demographics:

	Holter Scanning Technician	Echo Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 31.0% Female, 69.0%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 13.9% White, 58.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 13.9% White, 58.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between holter scanning technician and echo technician duties and responsibilities

Holter scanning technician example responsibilities.

Assist with placement and manage intra-aortic balloon pumps.
Identify and troubleshoot routine technical problems with the central monitoring system and initiate biomedical repairs as necessary.
Assess cardiac physiology determine valve area calculations base on blood flow velocity through jugular veins, carotid arteries.

Echo technician example responsibilities.

Assist with placement and manage intra-aortic balloon pumps.
Perform cardiac defibrillation, CPR, and initiate invasive procedures on patients in cardiac arrest.
Utilize 2D , 3D, m-mode, and color Doppler.
Perform EKG's and treadmill stress testing.
Perform stress echo's, dobutamine stress echo's and bubble studies.
Assist physician with echo stress tests as well as treadmill only studies.

Holter scanning technician vs echo technician skills

Common holter scanning technician skills

ECG, 22%
Identify Incidents, 17%
Stress Tests, 16%
Clinical Data, 12%
Rhythm Strips, 12%
Event Monitors, 10%

Common echo technician skills

Patients, 19%
BLS, 10%
Echocardiography, 10%
Echocardiogram, 9%
Patient Care, 8%
Cardiology, 6%

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