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% Annual Salary	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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Washington (Area)	580	$62,900	$30.30	$73,300	$35.20	-48.4%

Florida
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Honolulu	90	$57,600	$27.70	$76,100	$36.60	-41.8%

Illinois
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Wichita	130	$43,600	$20.90	$57,200	$27.50	20.7%

Kentucky
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Portland	120	$52,000	$25.00	$66,300	$31.90	61.7%

Maryland
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Baltimore	550	$52,100	$25.10	$66,100	$31.80	18.2%

Massachusetts
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Minneapolis	440	$56,100	$27.00	$68,200	$32.80	-31%

Mississippi
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Jackson	190	$42,000	$20.20	$54,400	$26.20	107.1%

Missouri
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Missoula	30	$55,000	$26.40	$70,000	$33.70	54.1%

Nebraska
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Omaha	390	$45,700	$22.00	$65,100	$31.30	133.7%

Nevada
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Las Vegas	290	$47,700	$22.90	$65,000	$31.30	-7.9%

New Hampshire
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Manchester	NA	$55,100	$26.50	$67,000	$32.20	NA

New Jersey
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Trenton	100	$59,500	$28.60	$73,500	$35.30	23.9%

New Mexico
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Providence	NA	$54,700	$26.30	$73,200	$35.20	NA

South Carolina
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Rapid City	30	NA	NA	NA	NA	57.6%
Sioux Falls	90	$45,600	$21.90	$54,300	$26.10	91.3%

Tennessee
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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 Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
Huntington	60	$43,700	$21.00	$56,900	$27.30	50.8%
Wheeling	NA	$32,000	$15.40	$48,000	$23.10	NA

Wisconsin
City/Area	Employees	Median Annual Salary	Median Hourly Wage	Top 25% Annual Salary	Top 25% Hourly Wage	Job Density
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%