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Sleep technician salary

Average sleep technician salary

$50,458

$24.26 hourly rate

Entry-level sleep technician salary
$36,000 yearly salary
Updated January 8, 2025
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Average sleep technician salary by state

Highest paying states for sleep technicians

RankStateAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Connecticut$58,714$28.23
2North Carolina$54,879$26.38
3Pennsylvania$58,092$27.93
4Virginia$59,676$28.69
5New York$55,378$26.62
6Oregon$58,679$28.21
7New Jersey$55,607$26.73
8Wisconsin$52,318$25.15
9Indiana$51,858$24.93
10West Virginia$49,641$23.87
11South Carolina$51,072$24.55
12New Hampshire$53,082$25.52
13Wyoming$55,206$26.54
14South Dakota$54,000$25.96
15Massachusetts$53,176$25.57
16Montana$54,542$26.22
17Minnesota$53,006$25.48
18Maryland$56,919$27.36
19Idaho$54,327$26.12
20Vermont$49,928$24.00
21Louisiana$52,262$25.13
22Iowa$49,125$23.62
23Alaska$49,233$23.67
24Ohio$49,915$24.00
25Michigan$49,419$23.76
26Maine$46,923$22.56
27Texas$50,145$24.11
28Alabama$48,327$23.23
29California$55,590$26.73
30Kentucky$46,058$22.14
31Kansas$47,160$22.67
32Tennessee$43,311$20.82
33Colorado$47,107$22.65
34Illinois$46,209$22.22
35Arizona$47,477$22.83
36Nevada$44,964$21.62
37Washington$50,064$24.07
38Florida$44,907$21.59
39Delaware$46,151$22.19
40Hawaii$51,344$24.68
41New Mexico$46,670$22.44
42Utah$43,600$20.96
43Oklahoma$43,608$20.97
44Rhode Island$43,851$21.08
45Missouri$41,149$19.78
46Arkansas$42,990$20.67
47Georgia$43,139$20.74
48Nebraska$42,012$20.20
49District of Columbia$45,245$21.75
50Mississippi$40,687$19.56
51North Dakota$42,933$20.64

Sleep technician salary details

A sleep technician's salary ranges from $36,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $70,000 at the 90th percentile.

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Average sleep technician salary graph, trends, and summary

What is a sleep technician's salary?

PercentileAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rate
90th Percentile$70,000$5,833$34
75th Percentile$59,000$4,917$28
Average$50,458$4,205$24
25th Percentile$42,000$3,500$20
10th Percentile$36,000$3,000$17

Highest paying sleep technician jobs

The highest paying types of sleep technicians are perfusionist, registered polysomnographic technologist, and brain wave technician.

Job titleAnnual salaryMonthly salaryHourly rateJob openings
Perfusionist$118,459$9,872$56.9522,339
Polysomnograph Technician$52,875$4,406$25.4258,237
Patient Care Technician$32,806$2,734$15.77167,520
EEG Technician$51,813$4,318$24.9115,717
Technician$38,045$3,170$18.29596,842

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$55,000$54,200$53,400$52,600$51,800$51,000
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Sleep technician salary trends

The average sleep technician salary has risen by $4,065 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average sleep technician earned $46,393 annually, but today, they earn $50,458 a year. That works out to a 7% change in pay for sleep technicians over the last decade.

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Average sleep technician salary over time

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Sleep technician salary by year

YearAvg. salaryHourly rate% Change
2025$50,500$24.26+2.7%
2024$49,100$23.60-0.7%
2023$49,400$23.77+2.6%
2022$48,200$23.15+1.7%
2021$47,300$22.75-0.5%

Recently added sleep technician salaries

CompanyJobLocationDate addedSalary
ActalentSleep TechnicianLeawood, KS06/29/2025$55,306
Owens & Minor, Inc.Sleep Care Technician-Non DrivingNorfolk, VA06/28/2025$28,300
Essentia HealthSleep TechnologistFargo, ND06/28/2025$58,624
Essentia HealthSleep TechnologistDetroit Lakes, MN06/28/2025$58,624
Northwestern MedicineRegistered Sleep Technologist-Sleep Disorders Center Night Job 3Rd ShiftChicago, IL06/28/2025$64,530
Children's Hospital of Orange CountyPolysomnography Tech I, Sleep Lab (Nights)Orange, CA06/28/2025$71,188
AG Globe ServicesSleep Technician/Sleep TechnologistSaranac Lake, NY06/28/2025$93,915
University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore WashingtonSleep TechBel Air, MD06/27/2025$57,267
NCH Healthcare-Naples Community HospitalSleep TechnicianNaples, FL06/26/2025$43,125
AmergisPolysomnographer/Sleep TechGold Beach, OR06/26/2025$125,533

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