Ultrasound tech salary (income) statistics, job overview, education requirements, and more. Learn how to become a diagnostic medical sonographer (ultrasound tech), and how much money they make.

Ultrasound technicians, also known as diagnostic medical sonographers, operate special imaging equipment to create images of tissue or to conduct tests. These images are called sonograms or ultrasounds. Physicians use these image or test results to assess or diagnose medical conditions or to monitor a baby's development in the womb.

In this article (and video), you'll learn about the job duties, types, education requirements, likes and dislikes, and salary information for ultrasound techs or other diagnostic medical sonographers.

Ultrasound Tech (Diagnostic Medical Sonographer) Job Duties

What does an ultrasound tech do on a daily basis? What are the job duties of a diagnostic medical sonographer? These individuals typically do the following tasks:
•Prepare patients for procedures by taking a patient’s medical history and answering any questions about the procedure
•Prepare and maintain diagnostic imaging equipment
•Operate equipment to obtain diagnostic images or to conduct tests
•Review images or test results to check for quality and adequate coverage of the areas needed for diagnoses
•Recognize the difference between normal and abnormal images and other diagnostic information
•Analyze diagnostic information to provide a summary of findings for physicians
•Record findings and keep track of patients’ records

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Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014.