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The BLS placed the median income for all cardiovascular techs at $48,300 as of May, 2009. Salary.com placed the median annual wages for EKG technicians at $31,970 as of February 2011.
EKG technicians usually prepare for their careers through a one-year postsecondary program or an on-the-job training period of four to six weeks. Cardiovascular technicians reported an average wage of $25.51 an hour to the Bureau of Labor Statistics as of May 2012. They earned an average salary of $53,050 a year. The median-earning half of cardiovascular techs made between $17.76 and $32.46 an hour, while the lowest-paid 10 percent earned $13.38 or less per hour and the highest-paid 10 percent made $38.84 or more per hour.