The exodus from Hungary began in September, when the previous erratic flow of East Germans to Austria became a flood. It is estimated that some 120,000 East Germans reached West Germany in this way. The Hungarians sold bits of the barbed wire to Western European tourists as souvenirs.
A Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) earns an average wage of $23.50 per hour. People in this job generally don't have more than 20 years' experience. A skill in scoring is associated with high pay for this job.
Specialties With High Starting Salaries. Radiologic technologists in some specialty areas enjoyed much higher starting salaries than the average of $46,500. Sonographers just starting in the field averaged about $56,000 per year in 2010; all sonographers reported an average salary of nearly $69,000.Technologists who specialized in nuclear medicine reported an overall average salary of about $71,000 and a mean starting salary of about $59,500.Radiation therapists started at an average of about $57,500 in 2010, while those at all levels of experience earned an average of about $79,000 per year.adiographers, also known as X-Ray technicians, are the most common type of radiologic technologist and are also the lowest-paid. The American Society of Radiologic Technologists reports that the average starting salary for a radiographer in the United States was just less than $44,500 in 2010.