About Surgical Assistants
HEALTHCARE
Surgical Assistants
Average Salary - $56K | Education - Associates Degree | 4-Years
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Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.
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SALARIES
SALARIES
$29,440
AVERAGE ENTRY
$40,070
AVERAGE MID
$98,220
AVERAGE ADVANCED
SURGICAL ASSISTANTS
DEGREES, CERTIFICATIONS, COURSES
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Supporting Programs
Surgical Assistants
GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Degree Program
GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Certification
Brookline College - Tempe
Tempe, AZ 85281
Degree Program
Brookline College - Tucson
Tucson, AZ 85711
Degree Program
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, AZ 86025
Degree Program
Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ 85709-1010
Degree Program
SURGICAL ASSISTANTS
BY THE NUMBERS
NUMBERS
31.5
Percent
Increase in employment for healthcare and social assistance from 2021 - 2031 (Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity).
700
Thousand
Projected openings through 2030.
0
Jobs
Available as of today.
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