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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other

All health technologists and technicians not listed separately.

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 in Greater Boston
$60,940
$29.30/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
2,780
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+1.9%
320 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
Postsecondary nondegree award

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$45,760$48,500$60,940$76,250$88,260

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Moderate exposure43 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 41
  • Language-model AIOE 41
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 46

Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)

This is a catch-all group, so the work varies by workplace and no single task list applies. AI exposure is moderate and observed AI use is some, so AI tools may help with paperwork and information handling. Hands-on work with patients and teamwork with care staff rely on people. Federal notes say this group is shrinking in part because respiratory therapy technicians are no longer credentialed separately.

Likely to change

  • Paperwork and record keeping
  • Organizing and looking up health information

Still relies on people

  • Hands-on work with patients
  • Teamwork with nurses and doctors

What federal projections say

“Occupational substitution - share decreases as the number of respiratory therapy technicians decreases because these workers are no longer credentialed separately from respiratory therapists.”
BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, factors affecting this job (U.S.)

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Training near Boston

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12 programs near Boston (plus 1 graduate)

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