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Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians is $224,280 per year in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. It is $60,800 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 268.9% above Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 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 810 wage and salary jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT and Not published in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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