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Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

SOC 29-2032

Use ultrasound to create the images doctors read for diagnosis.

The job
Median pay
$97k
$80k to $107k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+14% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
14th pct
More exposed than 14% of occupations · modeled estimate · 22nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
72/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California10,1100.61.0×$129k
Texas6,9600.50.8×$93k
New York6,8800.71.2×$104k
Florida6,6700.71.2×$83k
New Jersey3,3700.81.4×$103k
Illinois3,2700.50.9×$101k
Ohio3,1600.61.0×$83k
Michigan3,1000.71.2×$82k
Pennsylvania2,9800.50.8×$83k
North Carolina2,9700.61.0×$86k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Georgia2,7000.60.9×$83k
Massachusetts2,1900.61.0×$107k
Washington2,1900.61.1×$121k
Virginia2,1600.50.9×$96k
Arizona2,0700.61.1×$100k
Missouri1,9300.71.1×$100k
Tennessee1,8800.61.0×$81k
Maryland1,7600.61.1×$99k
Minnesota1,7100.61.0×$103k
Wisconsin1,5300.50.9×$102k
Alabama1,5100.71.2×$68k
Colorado1,4300.50.9×$108k
Indiana1,3800.40.7×$85k
South Carolina1,3400.61.0×$83k
Oregon1,2100.61.1×$120k
Louisiana1,1500.61.0×$81k
Oklahoma1,0600.61.1×$84k
Connecticut9900.61.0×$103k
Kentucky9400.50.8×$91k
Nebraska7800.81.3×$83k
West Virginia7801.11.9×$77k
Iowa7400.50.8×$86k
Utah7400.40.7×$100k
Mississippi7000.61.0×$77k
Kansas6700.50.8×$96k
Arkansas6400.50.8×$82k
Nevada6400.40.7×$96k
Idaho5100.61.0×$100k
New Mexico4100.50.8×$87k
New Hampshire4000.61.0×$104k
Maine3800.61.0×$95k
Rhode Island3800.81.3×$93k
South Dakota3700.81.4×$81k
North Dakota2400.61.0×$84k
Montana2300.40.8×$101k
Delaware2200.50.8×$99k
Hawaii2100.30.6×$124k
Washington DC1600.20.4×$112k
Alaska1400.40.7×$106k
Vermont1400.50.8×$104k
Wyoming900.30.6×$101k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,020 jobs · $107k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,550 jobs · $119k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,280 jobs · $103k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,160 jobs · $99k median
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,910 jobs · $86k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,670 jobs · $95k median
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,660 jobs · $95k median
  8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,600 jobs · $103k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.