Cardiographers

Median Salary: $48,300

Many cardiographers across the United States share a few key professional attributes. For example, attention to detail, concern for others, and cooperation can be crucial for success in the industry, especially when coupled with career training. Around 48,070 folks were employed as cardiographers nationwide in 2009. With that much workplace competition, it's vital to utilize these traits and receive proper training, particularly if you're intending to move forward in the field.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual income for cardiographers in the U.S. was $48,300 in 2009, which works out to a median hourly wage of $23.20. Of course, income can vary with training and by location. Below, you'll find more data about cardiographers, including wages and job density for metro areas all over the United States.

Cardiographers should be skilled in:

  • Oral Expression
  • Near Vision
  • Speech Clarity
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Time Sharing

Different folks go into different careers; cardiographers are typically:

  • Realistic
  • Investigative
  • Conventional

Working as a cardiographer requires knowledge in subjects like:

  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mathematics
  • Biology
  • Psychology

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Below, you'll see links to more information on the top cities for this occupation (based on the number of folks employed as cardiographers). Note: "Job density" refers to the proportion of cardiographers in each city as compared to the national average.

Alabama
City/Area Employees Median
Annual Salary
Median
Hourly Wage
Top 25%
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Top 25%
Hourly Wage
Job Density
Auburn NA $31,500 $15.20 $50,300 $24.20 NA
Birmingham 440 $44,400 $21.30 $56,500 $27.10 139.1%
Florence 50 $29,500 $14.20 $34,100 $16.40 172%
Huntsville 250 $27,000 $13.00 $48,300 $23.20 226.6%
Mobile 140 $42,200 $20.30 $51,700 $24.90 117.9%
Montgomery 60 $32,900 $15.80 $52,300 $25.20 4.1%
Arizona
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Lake Havasu City 50 $29,300 $14.10 $36,500 $17.60 173.6%
Phoenix 680 $41,200 $19.80 $55,200 $26.60 4.1%
Tucson 90 $54,800 $26.40 $63,500 $30.50 -32.3%
Arkansas
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Hourly Wage
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Fayetteville 50 $40,400 $19.40 $58,800 $28.30 -28.3%
Fort Smith 70 $27,900 $13.40 $50,200 $24.20 56.8%
Little Rock 110 $54,200 $26.10 $64,600 $31.10 -12.2%
California
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Bakersfield 60 $54,500 $26.20 $68,000 $32.70 -40.8%
Chico 40 $48,100 $23.10 $71,500 $34.40 50.8%
Fresno 90 $54,300 $26.10 $66,600 $32.00 -26.6%
Los Angeles (Area) 1,340 $60,600 $29.20 $75,200 $36.10 -34%
Modesto 30 $44,300 $21.30 $66,200 $31.80 -44.8%
Oakland 340 $53,200 $25.60 $70,600 $33.90 -5.7%
Riverside 330 $48,800 $23.50 $63,000 $30.30 -25.8%
Sacramento 220 $57,600 $27.70 $78,300 $37.60 -29.9%
Salinas 40 $71,300 $34.30 $83,300 $40.10 -22.6%
San Diego 410 $53,100 $25.50 $67,800 $32.60 -12.2%
San Francisco (Area) 520 $55,900 $26.90 $71,600 $34.40 -28.5%
San Francisco (City) 180 $58,600 $28.20 $72,600 $34.90 -51.4%
San Jose 160 $68,500 $33.00 $100,800 $48.40 -52.2%
Santa Barbara 50 $43,300 $20.80 $65,200 $31.30 -13.3%
Santa Cruz NA $46,100 $22.20 $63,600 $30.60 NA
Santa Rosa 60 $63,100 $30.40 $80,900 $38.90 -10.6%
Stockton 90 $47,800 $23.00 $71,400 $34.30 22%
Vallejo 50 $58,000 $27.90 $78,700 $37.80 3.8%
Colorado
City/Area Employees Median
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Boulder 60 $51,600 $24.80 $66,800 $32.10 -0.3%
Denver 380 $50,600 $24.30 $67,400 $32.40 -14.4%
Fort Collins 90 $33,100 $15.90 $43,600 $21.00 81.5%
Pueblo 30 $70,400 $33.90 $83,000 $39.90 62.8%
Connecticut
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Bridgeport 180 $63,400 $30.50 $73,300 $35.20 15.2%
Hartford 160 $59,300 $28.50 $69,800 $33.60 -23.6%
New Haven 100 $57,600 $27.70 $86,600 $41.60 -1.1%
Norwich 40 $59,100 $28.40 $76,200 $36.60 -10.1%
District of Columbia
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Washington (Area) 580 $62,900 $30.30 $73,300 $35.20 -48.4%
Florida
City/Area Employees Median
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Median
Hourly Wage
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Top 25%
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Job Density
Bradenton 190 $30,500 $14.70 $50,900 $24.50 109.2%
Cape Coral NA $48,000 $23.10 $61,500 $29.60 NA
Deltona 100 $30,000 $14.40 $55,700 $26.80 71.2%
Fort Walton Beach NA $44,800 $21.50 $57,200 $27.50 NA
Gainesville 210 $25,900 $12.50 $44,300 $21.30 361.4%
Jacksonville 490 $41,000 $19.70 $53,500 $25.70 128%
Lakeland 90 $33,500 $16.10 $53,600 $25.80 29.6%
Miami (Area) 1,530 $33,300 $16.00 $49,400 $23.70 73.9%
Naples 80 $31,700 $15.30 $51,000 $24.50 89.1%
Orlando 650 $42,500 $20.40 $54,600 $26.30 78.5%
Palm Bay 130 $32,000 $15.40 $54,000 $25.90 87%
Panama City 50 $31,900 $15.30 $51,200 $24.60 86.7%
Pensacola 160 $29,600 $14.20 $46,500 $22.40 194%
Port St. Lucie 60 $28,400 $13.70 $37,400 $18.00 40.8%
Punta Gorda 30 $49,000 $23.60 $65,000 $31.30 129.1%
Sebastian 60 $29,700 $14.30 $60,600 $29.20 239.4%
Tampa 700 $36,700 $17.60 $62,100 $29.90 67.7%
Georgia
City/Area Employees Median
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Atlanta 470 $48,500 $23.30 $61,600 $29.60 -44%
Augusta 90 $50,000 $24.00 $59,100 $28.40 16%
Columbus 40 $38,500 $18.50 $50,300 $24.20 2.2%
Macon 100 $47,300 $22.70 $57,700 $27.80 174.5%
Savannah 30 $53,400 $25.70 $63,800 $30.70 -44.6%
Hawaii
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Honolulu 90 $57,600 $27.70 $76,100 $36.60 -41.8%
Illinois
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Champaign 90 $48,300 $23.20 $57,400 $27.60 151.4%
Chicago (Area) 1,440 $44,700 $21.50 $59,800 $28.70 -9%
Kankakee 30 $33,900 $16.30 $48,500 $23.30 120.4%
Springfield 140 $41,800 $20.10 $58,300 $28.00 253.3%
Indiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Bloomington 40 $38,400 $18.50 $57,700 $27.80 45.7%
Elkhart 40 $36,700 $17.60 $54,400 $26.20 18.5%
Evansville 70 $42,000 $20.20 $51,400 $24.70 5.2%
Fort Wayne 40 $43,900 $21.10 $57,400 $27.60 -48.9%
Indianapolis 330 $53,300 $25.60 $70,900 $34.10 3.3%
South Bend 50 $40,600 $19.50 $52,700 $25.40 12%
Iowa
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Cedar Rapids NA $42,800 $20.60 $51,200 $24.60 NA
Des Moines 90 $50,400 $24.20 $70,600 $33.90 -25%
Kansas
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Wichita 130 $43,600 $20.90 $57,200 $27.50 20.7%
Kentucky
City/Area Employees Median
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Lexington 140 $39,900 $19.20 $59,700 $28.70 62.5%
Louisville 400 $40,100 $19.30 $56,000 $26.90 81.3%
Louisiana
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Alexandria 30 $31,500 $15.10 $45,700 $22.00 37.5%
Baton Rouge 170 $24,300 $11.70 $44,400 $21.30 29.3%
Houma 30 $36,600 $17.60 $43,600 $21.00 -3.8%
Lake Charles 50 $27,800 $13.40 $41,000 $19.70 47.3%
Monroe 40 $42,300 $20.30 $57,900 $27.80 48.6%
New Orleans 220 $37,300 $17.90 $58,300 $28.00 15.2%
Shreveport 80 $35,600 $17.10 $61,800 $29.70 27.2%
Maine
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Portland 120 $52,000 $25.00 $66,300 $31.90 61.7%
Maryland
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Baltimore 550 $52,100 $25.10 $66,100 $31.80 18.2%
Massachusetts
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Barnstable Town 30 $57,800 $27.80 $80,100 $38.50 -1.4%
Boston (Area) 820 $56,400 $27.10 $71,800 $34.50 3.3%
Springfield 100 $60,200 $28.90 $74,700 $35.90 -9.2%
Worcester 90 $56,800 $27.30 $77,700 $37.30 -2.2%
Michigan
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Ann Arbor 150 $50,600 $24.30 $62,500 $30.00 117.4%
Battle Creek 60 $53,900 $25.90 $65,000 $31.30 195.1%
Detroit (Area) 990 $48,300 $23.20 $58,100 $28.00 59.2%
Grand Rapids 260 $41,700 $20.10 $56,200 $27.00 97.3%
Kalamazoo 80 $55,100 $26.50 $63,300 $30.40 60.1%
Lansing 170 $52,400 $25.20 $57,300 $27.60 133.2%
Muskegon 50 $58,500 $28.10 $67,300 $32.30 110.3%
Saginaw NA $43,700 $21.00 $57,300 $27.50 NA
Minnesota
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Minneapolis 440 $56,100 $27.00 $68,200 $32.80 -31%
Mississippi
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Jackson 190 $42,000 $20.20 $54,400 $26.20 107.1%
Missouri
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Columbia NA $40,400 $19.40 $51,600 $24.80 NA
Kansas City 310 $46,000 $22.10 $60,600 $29.10 -13.6%
St. Louis 450 $40,400 $19.40 $56,200 $27.00 -5.7%
Montana
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Missoula 30 $55,000 $26.40 $70,000 $33.70 54.1%
Nebraska
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Omaha 390 $45,700 $22.00 $65,100 $31.30 133.7%
Nevada
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Las Vegas 290 $47,700 $22.90 $65,000 $31.30 -7.9%
New Hampshire
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Manchester NA $55,100 $26.50 $67,000 $32.20 NA
New Jersey
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Trenton 100 $59,500 $28.60 $73,500 $35.30 23.9%
New Mexico
City/Area Employees Median
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Albuquerque 150 $45,600 $21.90 $59,200 $28.50 3.8%
Las Cruces 50 $61,800 $29.70 $65,400 $31.40 91%
New York
City/Area Employees Median
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Albany 110 $47,700 $22.90 $60,600 $29.10 -30.4%
Binghamton 40 $45,400 $21.80 $59,200 $28.50 -8.4%
Buffalo 230 $56,000 $26.90 $66,000 $31.70 17.9%
New York (Area) 2,450 $57,800 $27.80 $70,600 $33.90 -16.6%
Poughkeepsie 130 $55,900 $26.90 $72,200 $34.70 44.3%
Rochester NA $50,700 $24.40 $59,700 $28.70 NA
Syracuse 110 $53,900 $25.90 $69,400 $33.40 1.9%
Utica 70 $52,800 $25.40 $62,300 $30.00 41%
North Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Asheville 70 $58,700 $28.20 $67,000 $32.20 10.3%
Charlotte 200 $56,600 $27.20 $64,500 $31.00 -35.6%
Durham 220 $52,500 $25.20 $64,500 $31.00 114.7%
Greensboro 180 $57,400 $27.60 $66,800 $32.10 37%
Raleigh 150 $58,800 $28.30 $66,000 $31.70 -16.6%
Winston-Salem 130 $59,800 $28.70 $68,400 $32.90 72%
Ohio
City/Area Employees Median
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Akron 120 $35,000 $16.80 $46,900 $22.50 0.3%
Canton 70 $50,900 $24.50 $61,000 $29.30 19.3%
Cincinnati 430 $43,500 $20.90 $56,300 $27.00 18.2%
Cleveland 640 $49,200 $23.70 $57,900 $27.80 73.1%
Columbus 240 $37,500 $18.00 $61,400 $29.50 -27.7%
Dayton 130 $46,600 $22.40 $58,900 $28.30 -2.2%
Toledo 200 $48,800 $23.40 $63,900 $30.70 84.5%
Youngstown 60 $47,200 $22.70 $56,000 $26.90 -21.2%
Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City 270 $34,800 $16.80 $50,300 $24.20 29.6%
Tulsa 150 $42,200 $20.30 $56,200 $27.00 -3.5%
Oregon
City/Area Employees Median
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Hourly Wage
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Eugene NA $66,700 $32.10 $76,100 $36.60 NA
Portland 290 $69,100 $33.20 $79,000 $38.00 -21.7%
Salem 50 NA NA NA NA -10.6%
Pennsylvania
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Allentown 320 $70,700 $34.00 $85,800 $41.20 165.8%
Erie 80 $36,500 $17.50 $54,200 $26.00 80.4%
Harrisburg 140 $48,200 $23.20 $57,800 $27.80 23.4%
Lancaster NA $32,000 $15.40 $50,200 $24.10 NA
Philadelphia (Area) 1,000 $57,800 $27.80 $69,900 $33.60 -10.9%
Pittsburgh 740 $41,300 $19.90 $54,500 $26.20 79.9%
Reading 80 $54,600 $26.30 $63,100 $30.30 35.1%
Scranton 130 $42,700 $20.50 $50,900 $24.50 42.9%
York 80 $38,900 $18.70 $54,900 $26.40 29.9%
Rhode Island
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Providence NA $54,700 $26.30 $73,200 $35.20 NA
South Carolina
City/Area Employees Median
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Charleston 190 $51,800 $24.90 $61,100 $29.40 88%
Columbia 120 $47,800 $23.00 $57,800 $27.80 -5.4%
Florence 100 $39,200 $18.80 $57,900 $27.80 248.4%
Greenville 100 $46,900 $22.60 $58,800 $28.30 -10.6%
Myrtle Beach 40 $40,900 $19.70 $60,000 $28.80 -7.6%
Spartanburg 40 NA NA NA NA -0.5%
South Dakota
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Rapid City 30 NA NA NA NA 57.6%
Sioux Falls 90 $45,600 $21.90 $54,300 $26.10 91.3%
Tennessee
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Chattanooga 60 $59,600 $28.70 $66,900 $32.20 -21.7%
Jackson 80 $47,300 $22.70 $56,400 $27.10 278.8%
Kingsport NA $43,700 $21.00 $53,700 $25.80 NA
Knoxville 120 $39,700 $19.10 $49,600 $23.80 -1.9%
Memphis 200 $36,300 $17.50 $52,200 $25.10 -9.2%
Nashville 70 $52,200 $25.10 $65,100 $31.30 -71.7%
Texas
City/Area Employees Median
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Amarillo 60 $53,400 $25.70 $63,700 $30.60 48.1%
Austin 160 $55,800 $26.80 $65,600 $31.50 -42.7%
Beaumont 70 $45,600 $21.90 $56,900 $27.40 18.5%
Brownsville 60 $53,300 $25.60 $61,900 $29.80 29.6%
College Station 50 $53,700 $25.80 $62,000 $29.80 52.2%
Corpus Christi 100 $55,400 $26.70 $63,300 $30.40 48.6%
Dallas (Area) 740 $59,100 $28.40 $68,300 $32.80 -30.2%
El Paso 50 $52,000 $25.00 $63,900 $30.70 -52.2%
Houston 790 $48,500 $23.30 $61,600 $29.60 -15.8%
Killeen 60 $49,200 $23.70 $62,700 $30.20 25%
Lubbock 90 $50,800 $24.40 $63,700 $30.60 99.5%
McAllen 60 $63,400 $30.50 $79,400 $38.20 -27.7%
San Antonio 230 $53,000 $25.50 $65,200 $31.30 -24.5%
Texarkana NA $39,200 $18.80 $56,800 $27.30 NA
Tyler NA $49,000 $23.60 $65,700 $31.60 NA
Waco 70 $53,900 $25.90 $65,100 $31.30 84.8%
Virginia
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Charlottesville 50 $50,600 $24.30 $65,600 $31.50 59.2%
Richmond 320 $44,600 $21.40 $61,400 $29.50 44.6%
Roanoke 60 $58,000 $27.90 $66,200 $31.80 8.7%
Virginia Beach 490 $51,900 $25.00 $63,400 $30.50 82.1%
Washington
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Olympia 50 $63,000 $30.30 $73,900 $35.50 28.5%
Seattle (Area) NA $63,900 $30.70 $76,900 $37.00 NA
Spokane 110 $62,400 $30.00 $72,700 $35.00 52.7%
West Virginia
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Huntington 60 $43,700 $21.00 $56,900 $27.30 50.8%
Wheeling NA $32,000 $15.40 $48,000 $23.10 NA
Wisconsin
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Eau Claire 30 $39,800 $19.10 $47,400 $22.80 17.4%
Green Bay 70 $56,400 $27.10 $65,600 $31.50 10.3%
Madison 90 $59,400 $28.50 $72,600 $34.90 -23.6%
Milwaukee 370 $53,700 $25.80 $65,500 $31.50 24.5%
Racine 40 $50,100 $24.10 $64,700 $31.10 40.8%