Home / Career Explorer / Healthcare

Neurodiagnostic Technologists

	Median Wage (USD, 2024)	Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)	Projected Growth (2023-2033)
National Statistics	$48,790	14300	7.0%
State Statistics	-	-	-
City Statistics	-	-	-

Statistics

National

State

City

State

City

$48,790

Median Wage (USD, 2023)

14300

Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)

7.0%

Projected Growth (2023-2033)

Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.

Experience Requirements Overview

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education, Training and Experience

Required Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

Related Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

On-Site or In-Plant Training: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

On-the-Job Training: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Detailed Work Activities

Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.
Prepare reports summarizing patient diagnostic or care activities.
Test patient nervous system functioning.
Maintain medical equipment or instruments.
Repair medical facility equipment.
Test patient nervous system functioning.
Test patient nervous system functioning.
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
Collect information about clients.
Measure the physical or physiological attributes of patients.
Prepare patients physically for medical procedures.
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
Adjust settings or positions of medical equipment.
Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
Adjust settings or positions of medical equipment.
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.
Communicate test or assessment results to medical professionals.
Train medical providers.
Explain medical procedures or test results to patients or family members.
Conduct research to increase knowledge about medical issues.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.

Work Values

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Recognition

Relationships

Support

Independence

Tasks

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.
Submit reports to physicians summarizing test results.
Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
Adjust equipment to optimize viewing of the nervous system.
Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
Assist in training technicians, medical students, residents, or other staff members.
Participate in research projects, conferences, or technical meetings.

Work Styles

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Persistence

Initiative

Leadership

Cooperation

Concern for Others

Social Orientation

Self-Control

Stress Tolerance

Adaptability/Flexibility

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Integrity

Independence

Innovation

Analytical Thinking

For more information on this career visit: https://explorehealthcareers.org/careers/allied-health-professions/neurodiagnostic-technologist/

Data Source: This page includes information from the O*NET 30.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This page includes Employment Projections program, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Session has been expired