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

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