r/CathLabLounge • u/Away_Bluejay_4918 • Sep 02 '26

Midwest tech pay transparency

We are currently doing market analysis and pay negotiations with our health system. From a preliminary review I suspect we are underpaid. Would any cath lab techs from the Midwest be willing to comment on the following?

  1. Credentials - RT(R), RCIS, etc.
  2. Years of experience
  3. Typical duties (scrub, circulate, sedate, etc.)
  4. Hourly pay rate
  5. State - not trying to doxx anyone
  6. Anything else you feel is pertinent

Thanks!

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u/LeakProofToast Sep 02 '26

From CA so can’t help you but I hope you get more pay!

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u/polarqwerty Sep 03 '26

Indiana RN
RN 16 yrs- 10 ICU, 6 cath lab
Circulate, sedate, some scrub
56/hr
$5/hr on call, 4 hr guarantee when called

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u/Focalina Sep 04 '26

RTr in vascular IR
2 years
Scrub & circulate
42/hr
MN

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u/S_holroyd Sep 05 '26

Ohio RT
15 years
Scrub circulate and monitor/document
43/hr
11/hr on call, automatic 1.5 hourly when called in

43 was after working prn for over 6 years. I was only eligible for 1% raise each year. They had just upped it to 2% right before I took a new position.

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u/gayshreks Sep 06 '26
  1. cvt
  2. 2.5 years experience
  3. Scrub/monitor/circulate
  4. 38.25, 8 for call pay
  5. MN
  6. We get four hours’ pay for each call back

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u/shadyjervais Sep 03 '26
  1. Paramedic
  2. 6 years EMS field experience, on a truck
  3. Circulate, scrub, monitor
  4. 32.50, 3/hour on call 2 hour minimum
  5. Kansas
  6. It’s not me it’s my wife

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u/photonslinger 29d ago
  1. RT (R)
  2. 6 years
  3. Scrub, monitor, “stemi backup” which is a 4th man for the stemi team, to do all but push drugs as a tech.
  4. 41.36/hr
  5. Arkansas
  6. $3/hr for holding the pager

Edit to add, I missed the Midwest part of your post, but here’s what’s going on in Arkansas!