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title: "Endoscopy Technician"
description: "Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May…"
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# Endoscopy Technician

**Category:** Healthcare Support · **SOC code:** 31-9099 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 31-9099.02

Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.

Also advertised as: Certified Endo Tech (Certified Endoscopy Technician); Certified Endoscopic Reprocessor (CER); Certified Flexible Endoscope Reprocessor (CFER); Certified Flexible Endoscopy Reprocessor (CFER); Endoscope Technician (Endoscope Tech); Endoscopy Specialty Technician (Endoscopy Specialty Tech); Endoscopy Technician (Endoscopy Tech); GI Tech (Gastrointestinal Technician).

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $48,430 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $23.28/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $34,770 to $71,470, with the middle half between $39,470 and $59,710
- **Total US employment:** 109,740
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +4.8% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 14,100 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 60/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 109,740 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $34,770 |
| 25th | $39,470 |
| 50th (median) | $48,430 |
| 75th | $59,710 |
| 90th | $71,470 |
| Mean (average) | $50,810 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DC | $73,590 | $66,960 | 400 |
| WA | $62,040 | $57,974 | 3,140 |
| AK | $61,300 | $59,887 | 120 |
| MA | $58,340 | $55,164 | 1,680 |
| DE | $57,760 | $57,871 | 110 |
| NY | $56,510 | $52,362 | 5,470 |
| KS | $54,830 | $60,876 | 240 |
| NM | $52,170 | $56,576 | 450 |
| ID | $52,160 | $54,621 | 220 |
| NV | $50,790 | $50,801 | 1,280 |
| AZ | $49,940 | $49,604 | 3,070 |
| OK | $49,940 | $56,851 | 540 |
| WY | $49,940 | $53,878 | 180 |
| IN | $49,900 | $53,467 | 590 |
| SC | $49,730 | $53,046 | 860 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/endoscopy-technician/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/endoscopy-technician.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 113,900 in the 2025–2035 base year to 119,400 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 5,500 jobs, or +4.8%. Faster than average: 4.8% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 14,100 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 53.9% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 30.8% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 11.5% |
| Some College Courses | 3.9% |

## What the work involves

- Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
- Maintain inventories of endoscopic equipment and supplies.
- Attend in-service training to validate or refresh basic professional skills.
- Assist physicians or registered nurses in the conduct of endoscopic procedures.
- Prepare suites or rooms according to endoscopic procedure requirements.
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in endoscopy.
- Collect specimens from patients, using standard medical procedures.
- Perform safety checks to verify proper equipment functioning.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operation and Control — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- English Language — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Medicine and Dentistry — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Production and Processing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Near Vision — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Arm-Hand Steadiness — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C), Investigative (I).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 6.46 |
| C — Conventional | 5.14 |
| I — Investigative | 4.09 |
| S — Social | 3.00 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.07 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 89.1 |
| ISFJ | 79.3 |
| ISTP | 74.9 |
| ESTJ | 70.5 |
| INTJ | 65.5 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Surgical Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/surgical-technologist) — median $64,650
- [Cardiovascular Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiovascular-technologist-and-technician) — median $74,310
- [Surgical Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/surgical-assistant) — median $66,800
- [Radiologic Technologist and Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/radiologic-technologist-and-technician) — median $80,110
- [Diagnostic Medical Sonographer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/diagnostic-medical-sonographer) — median $96,590
- [Ophthalmic Medical Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmic-medical-technologist) — median $50,290
- [Ophthalmic Medical Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmic-medical-technician) — median $45,570
- [Neurodiagnostic Technologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurodiagnostic-technologist) — median $50,290
- [Medical Equipment Preparer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-equipment-preparer) — median $47,700
- [Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-and-clinical-laboratory-technician) — median $62,930

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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