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Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN and Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians is $80,320 per year in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. It is $224,280 per year in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 64.2% below Salt Lake City-Murray, UT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 470 wage and salary jobs in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN and 810 in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings