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Travel Certified Surgical Tech Pay Rankings and Cost of Living By State
Finding the best certified surgical tech pay packages can provide plenty of confusion. For many professionals, the only information they want to know is how much money they can make in their state of choice.
Below, we’ve put together the current average weekly travel certified surgical tech pay you can expect for each state, based on current StaffDNA job board data (1). We then ranked them in order of highest to lowest pay in each state. We’ve also listed the overall cost of living in each state based on a regional price parity study from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2). Click here to read our process for creating this list.
Make sure to bookmark this page, travelers, because we plan on updating this info as often as possible, so some of the pay rates and available jobs are subject to change. This list is up to date as of July 30, 2018.
Unlike our list comparing travel nursing pay packages, California does not reign supreme for highest pay for certified surgical techs. In fact, several Midwest locations offer more competitive travel certified surgical tech pay packages, with Montana taking our No. 1 spot.
Take a look and find out what travel certified surgical tech pay looks like in your state!
Editor’s Note: For the cost of living rating, states above 100 are considered to have above average living expenses, including rent. States below 100 have below average living expenses.
Any states not included on this list may not have had sufficient job board data available on StaffDNA. Contact your recruiter to find potential pay rates for those states.
Certified Surgical Tech Pay Rankings
Montana
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,777.64
Highest Hourly: $73.00
Cost of Living Rating: 94.1
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Arkansas
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,742.00
Highest Hourly: $65.00
Cost of Living Rating: 86.2
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Oklahoma
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,715.20
Highest Hourly: $64.00
Cost of Living Rating: 89.0
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Tennessee
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,661.60
Highest Hourly: $64.00
Cost of Living Rating: 90.2
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Hawaii
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,634.80
Highest Hourly: $71.00
Cost of Living Rating: 118.4
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North Dakota
Average Travel CST Weekly Pay: $1,634.80
Highest Hourly: $66.00
Cost of Living Rating: 91.5
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Maine
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,588.97
Highest Hourly: $65.00
Cost of Living Rating: 98.4
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California
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,568.07
Highest Hourly: $87.18
Cost of Living Rating: 114.4
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Missouri
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,567.80
Highest Hourly: $65
Cost of Living Rating: 89.5
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New Hampshire
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,563.24
Highest Hourly: $65
Cost of Living Rating: 105.9
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Ohio
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,563.24
Highest Hourly: $75
Cost of Living Rating: 89.3
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Nevada
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,522.51
Highest Hourly: $61
Cost of Living Rating: 97.4
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New York
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,521.70
Highest Hourly: $72
Cost of Living Rating: 115.6
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Nebraska
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,500.80
Highest Hourly: $62
Cost of Living Rating: 90.5
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Washington
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,495.44
Highest Hourly: $64
Cost of Living Rating: 105.5
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Arizona
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,485.52
Highest Hourly: $50.25
Cost of Living Rating: 95.9
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Delaware
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,474
Highest Hourly: $55
Cost of Living Rating: 100.2
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Minnesota
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,474
Highest Hourly: $65
Cost of Living Rating: 97.5
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Georgia
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,456.04
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 92.1
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Colorado
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,431.92
Highest Hourly: $55
Cost of Living Rating: 103.0
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New Mexico
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,388.24
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 93.6
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Indiana
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,375.38
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 90.3
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Wisconsin
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,372.16
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 92.8
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Virginia
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,370.28
Highest Hourly: $58
Cost of Living Rating: 102.3
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Florida
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,364.12
Highest Hourly: $66
Cost of Living Rating: 99.7
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Kentucky
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,351.52
Highest Hourly: $51.30
Cost of Living Rating: 87.8
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Alaska
Highest Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,339.00
Highest Hourly: N/A
Cost of Living Rating: 105.4
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Michigan
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,333.03
Highest Hourly: $66.50
Cost of Living Rating: 93.3
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Iowa
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,328/21
Highest Hourly: $54.26
Cost of Living Rating: 90.2
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Pennsylvania
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,318.56
Highest Hourly: $66.50
Cost of Living Rating: 98.4
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South Carolina
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,313.20
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 90.3
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Illinois
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,310.79
Highest Hourly: $53.50
Cost of Living Rating: 98.3
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Oregon
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,307.84
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 99.8
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Maryland
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,294.71
Highest Hourly: $50.25
Cost of Living Rating: 109.5
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Massachusetts
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,265.50
Highest Hourly: $65
Cost of Living Rating: 107.8
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Texas
Average Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,236.02
Highest Hourly: $60
Cost of Living Rating: 96.9
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North Carolina
Highest Travel Certified Surgical Tech Weekly Pay: $1,206
Highest Hourly: $45
Cost of Living Rating: 90.9
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How We Made This List
- Pay package data is sourced with permission from the StaffDNA job board and displays the highest listed pay regardless of RN specialty. This data is updated at the start of each month. Because of this, some specialties may see lower weekly pay packages in their state than what is listed. This list is not meant to be comprehensive for all variations across specialties, or contract terms.
- The Cost of Living rating is based on regional price parity index data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which can be found here. The numbers displayed are a percentage of the overall national price level and aggregates data on all consumer goods and services including rents. Areas with high ratings (above 100.0) and low ratings (below 100.0) typically
correspond to areas with high or low price levels for rents, according to the BEA.
