Perfusionist salary
What a perfusionist actually earns, from 76 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A perfusionist earns a blended US median near 142,269 dollars, with the typical middle running from 101,271 dollars to 257,380 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 7 percent since 2021. Demand is rated moderate, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is paramedic, at 28 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a perfusionist profile already covers.
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$11,184 · 23% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a perfusionist.
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Quick answers
How much does a perfusionist make?
The blended US median is about 142,269 dollars, with a typical range from 101,271 dollars to 257,380 dollars.
Is perfusionist a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 0% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a perfusionist move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is paramedic, at 28 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 29-2099. Live corpus 76 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.