The following table shows ultrasound technician employment from 1999 to 2011 in the following seven industries:
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Management of Companies and Enterprises
- Administrative and Support Services
- Educational Services
- Ambulatory Health Care Services
- Hospitals
- Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)
Table of Sonographer Employment by Industry (1999 – 2011)
| Industry | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
29050
|
31170
|
32470
|
35810
|
37120
|
41170
|
43580
|
44250
|
46710
|
48860
|
51600
|
52960
|
54140
|
| 1. |
1610
|
1490
|
1910
|
2750
|
80
|
no data
|
40
|
40
|
50
|
110
|
150
|
160
|
no data
|
| 2. |
no data
|
40
|
240
|
120
|
120
|
170
|
50
|
40
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
80
|
60
|
| 3. |
no data
|
no data
|
30
|
90
|
330
|
370
|
430
|
480
|
460
|
440
|
290
|
310
|
370
|
| 4. |
no data
|
220
|
260
|
200
|
260
|
330
|
310
|
400
|
390
|
590
|
600
|
690
|
650
|
| 5. |
9530
|
10110
|
9220
|
10970
|
13450
|
15530
|
17080
|
16650
|
17710
|
18150
|
19570
|
19420
|
19690
|
| 6. |
17700
|
19140
|
20670
|
21680
|
22880
|
24600
|
25500
|
26360
|
27820
|
29310
|
30910
|
32260
|
33330
|
| 7. |
210
|
170
|
140
|
no data
|
no data
|
170
|
170
|
280
|
230
|
210
|
30
|
40
|
40
|
Table of Sonographer Employment by State in 2011
| State | Sonographer Employment in 2011 |
|---|---|
| Alabama |
1030
|
| Alaska |
150
|
| Arizona |
1060
|
| Arkansas |
350
|
| California |
5320
|
| Colorado |
880
|
| Connecticut |
800
|
| Delaware |
90
|
| District of Columbia |
120
|
| Florida |
4890
|
| Georgia |
1140
|
| Hawaii |
150
|
| Idaho |
240
|
| Illinois |
2020
|
| Indiana |
870
|
| Iowa |
820
|
| Kansas |
550
|
| Kentucky |
530
|
| Louisiana |
780
|
| Maine |
250
|
| Maryland |
1060
|
| Massachusetts |
1390
|
| Michigan |
2110
|
| Minnesota |
1270
|
| Mississippi |
390
|
| Missouri |
1010
|
| Montana |
160
|
| Nebraska |
350
|
| Nevada |
330
|
| New Hampshire |
240
|
| New Jersey |
2240
|
| New Mexico |
430
|
| New York |
3600
|
| North Carolina |
1670
|
| North Dakota |
40
|
| Ohio |
2250
|
| Oklahoma |
620
|
| Oregon |
460
|
| Pennsylvania |
2550
|
| Puerto Rico |
240
|
| Rhode Island |
330
|
| South Carolina |
760
|
| South Dakota |
250
|
| Tennessee |
1240
|
| Texas |
3590
|
| Utah |
390
|
| Vermont |
80
|
| Virginia |
1200
|
| Washington |
1290
|
| West Virginia |
280
|
| Wisconsin |
1070
|
| Wyoming |
50
|
Sonographer Employment Table by Metropolitan Area in 2011
| Metropolitan or Nonmetropolitan Area | Employment |
|---|---|
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
310
|
| Columbus GA-AL |
50
|
| Dothan AL |
60
|
| Florence-Muscle Shoals AL |
50
|
| Huntsville AL |
110
|
| Mobile AL |
130
|
| Montgomery AL |
70
|
| Tuscaloosa AL |
50
|
| Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Anchorage AK |
110
|
| Railbelt / Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area |
no data
|
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale AZ |
790
|
| Tucson AZ |
150
|
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR-MO |
40
|
| Fort Smith AR-OK |
50
|
| Jonesboro AR |
30
|
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR |
140
|
| Memphis TN-MS-AR |
300
|
| West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Bakersfield-Delano CA |
90
|
| Fresno CA |
100
|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale CA Metropolitan Division |
1520
|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA |
2050
|
| Modesto CA |
100
|
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward CA Metropolitan Division |
380
|
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA |
no data
|
| Redding CA |
no data
|
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA |
370
|
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA |
290
|
| Salinas CA |
50
|
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA |
570
|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA |
720
|
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City CA Metropolitan Division |
340
|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA |
230
|
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine CA Metropolitan Division |
530
|
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA |
60
|
| Stockton CA |
80
|
| Vallejo-Fairfield CA |
60
|
| Visalia-Porterville CA |
30
|
| North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Boulder CO |
60
|
| Colorado Springs CO |
100
|
| Denver-Aurora-Broomfield CO |
510
|
| Fort Collins-Loveland CO |
70
|
| Pueblo CO |
30
|
| West Colorado nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT |
150
|
| Danbury CT |
40
|
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT |
220
|
| New Haven CT |
280
|
| Norwich-New London CT-RI |
60
|
| Springfield MA-CT |
80
|
| Worcester MA-CT |
100
|
| Wilmington DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division |
100
|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division |
570
|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV |
800
|
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL |
160
|
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL |
90
|
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach FL Metropolitan Division |
490
|
| Gainesville FL |
80
|
| Jacksonville FL |
260
|
| Lakeland-Winter Haven FL |
130
|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach FL |
1900
|
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall FL Metropolitan Division |
760
|
| Naples-Marco Island FL |
80
|
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL |
260
|
| Ocala FL |
70
|
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL |
490
|
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL |
150
|
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL |
130
|
| Port St. Lucie FL |
40
|
| Tallahassee FL |
70
|
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL |
720
|
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach FL Metropolitan Division |
660
|
| Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area |
70
|
| South Florida nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA |
600
|
| Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC |
90
|
| Chattanooga TN-GA |
130
|
| Gainesville GA |
50
|
| Savannah GA |
60
|
| Valdosta GA |
30
|
| East Georgia nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| South Georgia nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Honolulu HI |
120
|
| Boise City-Nampa ID |
140
|
| Champaign-Urbana IL |
no data
|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL Metropolitan Division |
1160
|
| Chicago-Joliet-Naperville IL-IN-WI |
1390
|
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL |
180
|
| Lake County-Kenosha County IL-WI Metropolitan Division |
110
|
| Peoria IL |
190
|
| Rockford IL |
90
|
| St. Louis MO-IL |
560
|
| Springfield IL |
70
|
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| South Illinois nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN |
260
|
| Evansville IN-KY |
60
|
| Fort Wayne IN |
70
|
| Gary IN Metropolitan Division |
120
|
| Indianapolis-Carmel IN |
220
|
| Louisville-Jefferson County KY-IN |
210
|
| South Bend-Mishawaka IN-MI |
60
|
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Cedar Rapids IA |
60
|
| Des Moines-West Des Moines IA |
290
|
| Dubuque IA |
no data
|
| Omaha-Council Bluffs NE-IA |
230
|
| Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Kansas City MO-KS |
270
|
| Topeka KS |
50
|
| Wichita KS |
230
|
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
130
|
| Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH |
50
|
| Lexington-Fayette KY |
80
|
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Alexandria LA |
50
|
| Baton Rouge LA |
160
|
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA |
40
|
| Lafayette LA |
40
|
| Lake Charles LA |
40
|
| Monroe LA |
50
|
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA |
220
|
| Shreveport-Bossier City LA |
60
|
| Hammond nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| New Iberia nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME |
80
|
| Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area |
80
|
| Baltimore-Towson MD |
640
|
| Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick MD Metropolitan Division |
230
|
| Barnstable Town MA |
30
|
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH |
1110
|
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA NECTA Division |
690
|
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton MA NECTA Division |
200
|
| Framingham MA NECTA Division |
no data
|
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury MA-NH NECTA Division |
40
|
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford MA-NH NECTA Division |
30
|
| Nashua NH-MA NECTA Division |
40
|
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA |
390
|
| Ann Arbor MI |
no data
|
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn MI Metropolitan Division |
430
|
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI |
970
|
| Flint MI |
100
|
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming MI |
220
|
| Kalamazoo-Portage MI |
70
|
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills MI Metropolitan Division |
540
|
| Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area |
110
|
| Duluth MN-WI |
70
|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI |
720
|
| St. Cloud MN |
50
|
| Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area |
70
|
| Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Gulfport-Biloxi MS |
40
|
| Hattiesburg MS |
50
|
| Jackson MS |
130
|
| Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Columbia MO |
40
|
| Joplin MO |
no data
|
| Springfield MO |
80
|
| Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| North Missouri nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Billings MT |
60
|
| Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Las Vegas-Paradise NV |
220
|
| Reno-Sparks NV |
80
|
| Manchester NH |
70
|
| Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ |
160
|
| Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ |
80
|
| Camden NJ Metropolitan Division |
310
|
| Edison-New Brunswick NJ Metropolitan Division |
460
|
| Newark-Union NJ-PA Metropolitan Division |
420
|
| New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ Metropolitan Division |
2210
|
| Trenton-Ewing NJ |
130
|
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton NJ |
40
|
| Albuquerque NM |
no data
|
| Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY |
180
|
| Binghamton NY |
60
|
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY |
220
|
| Elmira NY |
no data
|
| Glens Falls NY |
50
|
| Nassau-Suffolk NY Metropolitan Division |
550
|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA |
3640
|
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown NY |
230
|
| Rochester NY |
250
|
| Syracuse NY |
140
|
| Utica-Rome NY |
150
|
| Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |
90
|
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Asheville NC |
180
|
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC |
270
|
| Durham-Chapel Hill NC |
110
|
| Fayetteville NC |
100
|
| Greensboro-High Point NC |
120
|
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC |
80
|
| Raleigh-Cary NC |
130
|
| Rocky Mount NC |
30
|
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC |
200
|
| Wilmington NC |
50
|
| Winston-Salem NC |
180
|
| Northeastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Other North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
100
|
| Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
70
|
| Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
70
|
| Akron OH |
210
|
| Canton-Massillon OH |
90
|
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH |
640
|
| Columbus OH |
240
|
| Dayton OH |
240
|
| Lima OH |
no data
|
| Steubenville-Weirton OH-WV |
30
|
| Toledo OH |
110
|
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA |
130
|
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
100
|
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area |
100
|
| Oklahoma City OK |
320
|
| Tulsa OK |
180
|
| Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Medford OR |
30
|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA |
280
|
| Salem OR |
60
|
| Southern Oregon and Linn County nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Erie PA |
50
|
| Harrisburg-Carlisle PA |
120
|
| Lancaster PA |
30
|
| Philadelphia PA Metropolitan Division |
1230
|
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1640
|
| Pittsburgh PA |
490
|
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre PA |
70
|
| York-Hanover PA |
50
|
| Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area |
80
|
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo PR |
160
|
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville SC |
140
|
| Columbia SC |
170
|
| Florence SC |
50
|
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley SC |
130
|
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC |
40
|
| Spartanburg SC |
60
|
| Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
30
|
| Rapid City SD |
70
|
| Sioux Falls SD |
160
|
| Jackson TN |
50
|
| Johnson City TN |
80
|
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol TN-VA |
40
|
| Knoxville TN |
240
|
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin TN |
150
|
| Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area |
70
|
| North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area |
90
|
| Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| Amarillo TX |
no data
|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos TX |
210
|
| Beaumont-Port Arthur TX |
50
|
| Brownsville-Harlingen TX |
50
|
| Corpus Christi TX |
130
|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX |
1030
|
| Dallas-Plano-Irving TX Metropolitan Division |
750
|
| El Paso TX |
100
|
| Fort Worth-Arlington TX Metropolitan Division |
280
|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown TX |
950
|
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood TX |
40
|
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX |
60
|
| San Antonio-New Braunfels TX |
250
|
| Tyler TX |
80
|
| Waco TX |
40
|
| Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area |
130
|
| Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Ogden-Clearfield UT |
70
|
| Provo-Orem UT |
50
|
| Salt Lake City UT |
230
|
| Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA |
40
|
| Richmond VA |
240
|
| Roanoke VA |
70
|
| Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area |
80
|
| Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Bremerton-Silverdale WA |
50
|
| Kennewick-Pasco-Richland WA |
40
|
| Olympia WA |
50
|
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA Metropolitan Division |
540
|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA |
670
|
| Spokane WA |
170
|
| Tacoma WA Metropolitan Division |
130
|
| Yakima WA |
50
|
| Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
| Charleston WV |
80
|
| Morgantown WV |
30
|
| Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area |
60
|
| North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| Appleton WI |
30
|
| Eau Claire WI |
40
|
| Green Bay WI |
80
|
| Madison WI |
80
|
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI |
320
|
| Oshkosh-Neenah WI |
30
|
| Wausau WI |
40
|
| Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area |
40
|
| West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area |
100
|
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area |
50
|
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