Neurodiagnostic Technologists
Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.
Also called: Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology Technologist (Certified Intraoperative Neurophysiology Tech) · Certified Neurodiagnostic Technologist · Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist (END Technologist) · Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Technologist (IONM Tech) · Neurodiagnostic Technologist (Neurodiagnostic Tech) · Neurophysiology Technical Specialist
Median pay (national)
$48,790
$37,290–$81,290 (10th–90th)
Employed (US)
174,060
BLS OEWS, May 2024
Outlook 2024–34
+5.2%
~13,600 openings/yr
Typical entry
Postsecondary nondegree award
What the numbers say
Refit analysis ·Pay for neurodiagnostic technologists shows a broad range: the top 10% earn $81,290 versus $37,290 at the bottom 10% — 2.2x. The median of $48,790 leaves roughly 67% of headroom to the 90th percentile, which is where seniority, specialization, and the skills below tend to pay off.
Refit analysis ·Employment is projected to change +5.2% from 2024 to 2034 — faster than the 3% all-occupation average. Even so, BLS projects about 13,600 openings a year, mostly to replace workers who retire or change careers.
Refit analysis ·Where you work moves the number a lot. Across the 52 states with released data, Wyoming pays the most for this role (median $65,560, +34% vs the national median), while Puerto Rico sits lowest at $36,400 — a 80% spread for the same job title.
Refit analysis ·O*NET rates Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension as the highest-importance skills here — so a resume aimed at this role should lead with evidence of those, not a generic skills list. On the tools side, O*NET flags R as in-demand technologies for this role.
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Top skills employers ask for
Ranked by O*NET importance for this occupation.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Science
- Mathematics
What they actually do
Core O*NET tasks for this role.
- 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.
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- 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.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
- Attach electrodes to patients, using adhesives.
- Measure patients' body parts and mark locations where electrodes are to be placed.
Tools & technology
- R
- JavaScript
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Windows
- BESA EEGFocus
- Cadwell Laboratories Easy
- Database software
- EEG Portaview
- FileMaker Pro
- Natus NeuroWorks
- Neurofax SpikeDetector
- Neurotronics Polysmith
- Scheduling software
- Sleep analysis software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
Knowledge areas
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Biology
- Psychology
- Education and Training
- Mathematics