- Home
- Career Overview
-
Looking
-
Applying
- College Overview
-
Planning
-
Applying
-
Paying
-
Attending
- Military Overview
-
Joining
-
Serving
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.
What you can expect to experience while on the job
Overall employment of surgical assistants and technologists is projected to grow 6 percent from 2021 to 2031, about as fast as the average for all occupations. About 9,600 openings for surgical assistants and technologists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
Read More$48,530
Gray states indicate no data available
People in this career achieve this level of education.
Select major to see colleges that offer it
Skills helpful in this career