About Surgical Assistants
EXPLORE FEATURED
JOBS
HEALTHCARE
Surgical Assistants
Average Salary - $56K | Education - Associates Degree | 4-Years
About Surgical Assistants
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
$29,440
AVERAGE ENTRY
$40,070
AVERAGE MID
$98,220
AVERAGE ADVANCED
SURGICAL ASSISTANTS
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EXPLORE FEATURED
JOBS
SURGICAL ASSISTANTS
NUMBERS
31.5
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