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Surgical Technologists

  • Health Science
Median Yearly Income
$60,611
Most Common Education Level
Associate degree
Projected Job Growth
+7.33%

What do Surgical Technologists do?

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.


Career Interests Areas

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  2. Conventional
  3. Social
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