Sleep medicine practitioners are making the same, or slightly more, than they made in 2015.
Here are the median salaries for sleep professionals by title in 2016, including regional analyses where Sleep Review obtained data to do a more in-depth breakdown.
Sleep Center Director/Supervisor/Manager: $71,500 (n=58), down 0.7% from $72,000 (n=112) in 2015
Sleep Center Director Regional Analysis:
Pacific: $85,500
Mountain: $82,500
West North Central: $73,500
West South Central: $76,000
East North Central: $66,500
East South Central: $64,000
New England: $64,460
Middle Atlantic: $80,000
South Atlantic: $70,500
Sleep Physician (MD): $240,000 (n=25), up 4.3% from $230,000 (n=39) in 2015
MD Regional Analysis:
Pacific: $290,000
Mountain: $160,000
West North Central: $220,000
West South Central: $95,000
East North Central: $320,000
East South Central: $150,000
New England: $160,000
Middle Atlantic: $213,000
South Atlantic: $300,000
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT): $54,100 (n=58), up 2.0% from $53,000 (n=101) in 2015
RPSGT Regional Analysis:
Pacific: $60,000
Mountain: $61,000
West North Central: $55,000
West South Central: $54,000
East North Central: $50,000
East South Central: $47,000
New England: $51,571
Middle Atlantic: $59,000
South Atlantic: $50,000
Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT): $60,000 (n=7), no change from $60,000 (n=24) in 2015
Sleep Center CEO/Owner/Vice President: $80,000 (n=3), down 8% from $87,000 (n=7) in 2015
Sleep Technician: $46,000 (n=2), up 7.0% from $43,000 (n=9) in 2015
Dental Sleep Doctor (DDS, DMD): $157,500 (n=2), up 5% from $150,000 (n=6) in 2015
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant: not enough data to analyze in 2016, compared to $78,000 (n=2) in 2015
Sleep Center Support Staff: not enough data to analyze in 2016 (or 2015)
Sleep Doctor (PhD): not enough data to analyze in 2016, compared to $130,000 (n=2) in 2015
Other credentialed technologist (R.EEGT/R.EPT/R.EDT, CNIM, CPT): not enough data to analyze in 2016, compared to $53,000 (n=2) in 2015
About the Survey
Pacific: AK, CA, HI, OR, WA
Mountain: AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, UT, WY
West North Central: IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD
West South Central: AR, LA, OK, TX
East North Central: IL, IN, MI, OH, WI
East South Central: AL, KY, MS, TN
New England: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
Middle Atlantic: NJ, NY, PA
South Atlantic: DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, VI, WV
Sleep Review and Needham & Company conducted a survey of US sleep centers. The survey received 189 responses between August 10, 2016, and September 1, 2016. Sleep center directors/supervisors/managers (44% of respondents) and registered polysomnographic technologists (33% of respondents) were the most common types of respondents. Every US geographic region and 45 different US states were represented, with the Midwest (34% of respondents) most heavily represented.
Mike Matson, CFA, is senior research analyst at Needham & Company LLC. He is an expert on the medical technologies and diagnostics sector. Sree Roy is editor of Sleep Review.
