Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Health ScienceO*NET 29-2099.01United States
Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.
- Median annual earnings
- $50,530
- Projected change
- +9.4%
- Typical education
- Associate degree
- Employment
- 189.36K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
48.4% of the workforce
Growing to 207.08K by 2035
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The work
What neurodiagnostic technologists do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Indicate artifacts or interferences derived from sources outside of the brain, such as poor electrode contact or patient movement, on electroneurodiagnostic recordings.
- Monitor patients during tests or surgeries, using electroencephalographs (EEG), evoked potential (EP) instruments, or video recording equipment.
- Collect patients' medical information needed to customize tests.
- Explain testing procedures to patients, answering questions or reassuring patients, as needed.
- Set up, program, or record montages or electrical combinations when testing peripheral nerve, spinal cord, subcortical, or cortical responses.
- Summarize technical data to assist physicians to diagnose brain, sleep, or nervous system disorders.
- Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
- Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
- Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
- Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.
- Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
- Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
- Assist in training technicians, medical students, residents, or other staff members.
- Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $37,952
- 25th percentile
- $44,116
- 50th percentile
- $50,530
- 75th percentile
- $65,081
- 90th percentile
- $87,758
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $50,530 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+9.4%faster than average
2025189,362 jobs
2035 projected207,083 jobs
17,721 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Associate degree
- 48.4%
- Certificate
- 35.5%
- Bachelor's degree
- 16.1%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Operation and Control
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Neurodiagnostic Technicians646 postings
- 02Neurodiagnostic Technologists385 postings
- 03Neurophysiology Technologists100 postings
- 04Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Technologists44 postings
- 05Technicians31 postings
- 06Technologists31 postings
- 07Program Technicians24 postings
- 08Polysomnographic Technologists22 postings
- 09Medical Technologists19 postings
- 10Monitor Technicians19 postings
- 11EEG Techs16 postings
- 12Emergency Department Technicians14 postings
- 13Neuroscience Specialists13 postings
- 14Travel Technologists13 postings
- 15Neurologists11 postings
- 16Polysomnographic Technicians11 postings
- 17Neurophysiologists10 postings
- 18Neuro Travel Registered Nurses9 postings
- 19Diagnostic Technicians7 postings
- 20Tenders7 postings
Top employers
- 01Trusted Health104 postings
- 02University of Pittsburgh Medical Center46 postings
- 03Providence25 postings
- 04Emory Healthcare23 postings
- 05HCA Healthcare23 postings
- 06Indiana University-Bloomington23 postings
- 07SSM Health Care22 postings
- 08Norton Healthcare21 postings
- 09Aya Healthcare19 postings
- 10Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin19 postings
- 11PRIDE Health19 postings
- 12MedStar18 postings
- 13CHRISTUS Health16 postings
- 14CommonSpirit Health16 postings
- 15Mayo Clinic15 postings
- 16Corewell Health14 postings
- 17Novant Health14 postings
- 18Trinity Health14 postings
- 19Mercy13 postings
- 20UNC Health13 postings
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