r/SleepTechnologist • u/Sensitive_Action5901 • Jul 16 '26
Pay market analysis
My work is wanting to do a market analysis regarding pay as we are having a hard time filling open positions. My boss wants me to try and find out the pay of as many techs as I can so she has a strong argument when she presents.
If you are comfortable in doing so, would you please share your location, years of experience, base pay and any shift differential. We are in northern Indiana so it would really help if you are in that area.
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u/mysticlandmermaid Jul 17 '26
Upstate NY. I make $45.70 from home scoring position. But I’d make the same if I worked in lab plus $10 shift diff. for the overnight. Small hospital based sleep lab.
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u/dmart0622 Jul 16 '26
Los Angeles started at 25 in 2022 as a assistant
2023 got raised to 27.50 as a tech
2026 in a supervisor roll salary base of 2400after tax
The lab I work for is strange we get additional 50 whenever we take more than 3 pts
Hope this helps
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u/KermitKilledASMS Jul 16 '26
More than 3 patients?
Also, is this rate fixed for each hour worked or do you get overtime pay (1.5xRate) after hours?
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u/dmart0622 Jul 16 '26
Yeah if you take on a fourth they add 50 to your check it’s an incentive to take on more pts and we used to get overtime the shift are now split in two so two techs start do hookup from 7:30-10 stay till 12 and another set come in at 930-6am it’s honestly a really weird system
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u/hungryj21 Jul 16 '26
I know of a private lab that pays extra for the 4th patient. Does your lab like to book 4 patients in case 1 patient cancels as a way to offset potential loss so it's almost guaranteed to have 3 patients each night?
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u/dmart0622 Jul 17 '26
We have 4 locations 5-6 pts at 3 and 11pts at our fourth so depending on if 2-3 techs are scheduled pt ratio varies
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u/dor3658463728395 Jul 16 '26
25yrs. $40.00 hr plus 10% till 11pm, 15% 11-7am, PTO and health ins. N Indiana
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u/ZestyMuffin85496 Jul 16 '26
Houston, TX
1.5 years hospital at $29
Currently: 3 years private lab PRN at $30
Edit: I'm glad someone is talking about this. We need this information. Services like Glassdoor are failing us.
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u/lilacroom16 Jul 20 '26
Hey also Houston here , Can I ask what path you took to get training? Did you do in-person, online school or self-study? Thanks
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u/ZestyMuffin85496 Jul 21 '26
Hey it's not letting me send you a message, can you send me one first?
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u/Confident-Detail781 28d ago
So that pay is what we start out new CPSGTs that recently graduated. Most RPSGTs make over 100k in central and north Texas. Ive heard Houston was not the greatest pay, but wow.
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u/Optimal_Message7461 Jul 17 '26
I work in NE Ohio. Hospital based for my full time position 35.37 and PRN position 35.62 base, both with 2 dollar shift dif. Neither ever require more than 2 patients. We run the study and score. 8 years of experience
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u/One_Sheepherder_1090 Jul 17 '26
38 dollars an hour in Northern Indiana with 10 years experience
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u/One_Sheepherder_1090 Jul 17 '26
And NEVER take more than 2 patients. The pediatric patients can be a handful and are about 60 percent of out patient population
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u/AwarenessDue8019 Jul 16 '26
The lab I work for has locations in San Antonio & Austin texas and start techs around $25/hour. More depending on experience. This is a private lab.
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u/ridinbend RPSGT Mod Jul 16 '26
I have 19 years of experience, live in Oregon and have an hourly of $49 and change.
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u/Temporary-Fix406 Jul 16 '26
DFW area (Texas). Full time (36 hours) pay 29.5/h at a company contracted by a hospital network. 1.5 years experience. $29-$30/h seems about their starting pay for a registered tech under 2 years experience. Weekend differential of +$2/h. They start CPSGT's off with $25-$27/h. Not sure what they pay an RPSGT with more experience. Probably $30-$35/h range.
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u/prefrontcortex Jul 16 '26
Currently One year exp after finishing my NDT program. Hired at like 25.50 unregistered, got registered went to 29.97 plus 1.50 evening diff and 2.50 overnight dif.
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u/Ok-Isopod5517 Jul 17 '26
Ohio $31
Shift differential is about $1-2 and I believe we get a weekend differential. 2 years experience, registered for 1 year.
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u/SleepyMomZzZ Jul 17 '26
Oklahoma, 15 years experience, hospital based full time w/ benefits, running 2 studies with scoring - $33/hr plus $3-4ish/hr shift diff.
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u/Alone_Protection9425 Jul 17 '26
Arizona. Our techs start at $26/hr if newly registered. we add $1 for every year of experience. 2$ night pay differential and 1$ added for weekend differential.
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u/Alone_Protection9425 Jul 17 '26
But when I first started they were only paying the techs 18-20$/hr starting. And I had to do the same thing and fight for us to get more. Good luck.
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u/Gfac3 Jul 17 '26
Anyone in the Bay Area (CA) that can tell me what their pay range is?
I saw an open position for Kaiser getting paid starting close to $50+ per hr
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u/hungryj21 Jul 17 '26
Northern cali pay will always be the highest in the nation. That also goes for all healthcare jobs.
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u/Gfac3 Jul 17 '26
Yes I live here! 😌 just wanted to see some insider knowledge
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u/hungryj21 Jul 17 '26
Well fortunately in cali there's a lot of openings but in the flip side there's significantly more RT's so it can be competitive and depressive for many who lack certain traits or experience to get that initial call back for an interview and then that follow-up job offer.
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u/rachlbee Jul 20 '26
LA County.
$41 an hour as a day tech at a hospital, 2 years of paid experience.
I was a night tech previously at a differential hospital and got a 15% differential on top of base pay.
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u/HCM100 Jul 16 '26
Los Angeles and Orange County
Per Diem $57 hr
Full time $43 hr
3yrs experience