What's Your Number?
A realistic salary range built on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) May 2024 median, adjusted for your state, setting, experience, and specialty. Honest estimates, not promises - and the source is shown right below, so you always know where the number comes from.
Sonographer Salary Estimator
Pick a state, setting, experience level, and (optional) specialty. Numbers update live.
Estimated range
Built from the BLS May 2024 median ($89,340), setting averages, and state ranges cited in the salary post. Specialty adjustments reflect Jenny's ranges. A planning anchor, not a contract.
Where these numbers come from (and how current they are)
- Primary source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), occupation Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. National median: $89,340/yr (May 2024 release).
- Does it auto-update?
- No. It does not pull from BLS automatically - the numbers are a fixed copy of one release, so nothing can drift or silently change. When BLS posts new figures (about once a year), we update the copy by hand; the "Last reviewed" row below tracks that.
- Last reviewed
- June 2026, against the May 2024 OEWS release (the most recent at the time of review). Next check: when BLS posts the following year's data.
- What it is
- An estimate for planning, built to be realistic and honest. Real offers vary with employer, shift, call, certifications, and negotiation.
How the estimate is calculated
The range starts from the national median and is adjusted by four factors, each a simple multiplier:
estimate = national median × state wage index × setting × experience × specialty
- State wage index - relative pay level by state, plus a cost-of-living note so a big number in an expensive state is shown in context.
- Setting - outpatient and travel tend to pay above hospital/physician-office work.
- Experience - entry, mid, and senior bands widen the range as you move up.
- Specialty - cardiac/echo at the top, OB/GYN nearer the middle, with the rest in between.
Every factor traces to BLS data or the ranges in the salary post. Jenny can adjust any multiplier; nothing here is hidden or guessed.