Experience

• An echocardiographer's years of experience affected her average salary as of November 2010, according to Payscale, an online database for salary compensation. Technicians with less than one year of experience earned an average of $39,305 to $55,794 annually. Echocardiographers with one to four years' experience averaged $43,539 to $60,318 per year, while those with five to nine year earned an average of $59,748 to $76,841. With 10 to 19 years of experience or more, echocardiographers averaged $59,748 to $76,841 annually.
  
  

Industry

• Salaries in the field of non-invasive cardiac technology varied from employer to employer as of May 2009, reports BLS. The largest employers of technologists, general surgical hospitals paid an average of $48,830 per year. Echocardiographers, who worked inside the offices of physicians, averaged $53,000 per year. Those employed by medical and diagnostic laboratories were among the highest-paid echocardiographers, enjoying average salaries of $54,740 per year. Outpatient care centers paid an average of $48,850.
  
  

Certification

• Earning professional certifications also impacted the salary for echocardiographers, reports Payscale as of November 2010. Requirements for certifications vary depending on the type, but typically involve passing a written examination. Technicians who held Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer certification through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography earned an average of $23.94 to $32.98 per hour, which translates to $49,795 to $69,598 per year based on a 40-hour work week. Those with certification as a radiographer through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists as a radiologic technologist averaged $23.72 to $30.97 per hour or $49,337 to $64,417 per year.
  
  

Geography

• Where a non-invasive cardiovascular technologists lives also affected his average salary as of May 2009, according to BLS. Home to the highest-concentration of echocardiographers at that time, the states of Florida and Alabama featured average salaries of $40,480 and $40,540, respectively, for professionals in the field. The highest-paying states in terms of average annual salary were Connecticut at $60,290, Washington state at $60,290, Oregon at $61,560, New Jersey at $63,140 and Massachusetts at $63,720.