Endoscopy Nurse salary
A endoscopy nurse earns about $98,280 a year — roughly $47.25/hour, with most earning between $79,790 and $105,820. This is an estimate — a starting point, not an exact figure.
Endoscopy Nurse — U.S. national
Specialty estimateMedian annual pay
$98,280
Hourly
$47.25/hr
- Typical range
- $79,790–$105,820
- What most nurses earn
- High end
- $142,090
- Top earners
- Entry level
- $69,330
- Newer nurses
What affects this pay
- Moderate sedation competency
- On-call and callback pay for GI emergencies
- Hospital endoscopy lab vs ambulatory surgery center
- CGRN certification
- Procedural volume and case complexity
About Endoscopy Nurses
What they do
Endoscopy nurses run the flow of a GI procedure suite from admission through discharge. They verify bowel prep and consent, start IV access, position patients, and then administer and continuously monitor moderate sedation while the physician performs colonoscopies, upper endoscopies, and related procedures. During cases they handle specimens and assist with polypectomies and hemostasis, then recover patients and deliver discharge teaching; many also take call for GI bleeds.
How to become an Endoscopy Nurse
Entry requires an RN license, and most endoscopy units prefer prior medical-surgical, ICU, or PACU experience because of the sedation and airway responsibilities. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support and unit-based moderate sedation training are standard. With two years of GI nursing experience, nurses become eligible for the Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse (CGRN) credential, valued in both hospital labs and ambulatory endoscopy centers.
What drives the pay
Endoscopy nursing has no separate line in federal wage surveys, so these figures are specialty estimates built from registered nurse pay. The modeling places earnings modestly above the general RN baseline for reasons tied to the work: administering and rescuing patients from moderate sedation is a higher-liability procedural skill set, GI labs draw from a smaller pool of proceduralist nurses, and mandatory call coverage for emergency bleeds adds callback pay on top of base rates.
Endoscopy Nurse pay by state
Estimated endoscopy nurse pay where this role tends to earn the most. Open a state for the full local picture.
| State | Est. annual pay | vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| California | $135,630 | +38% vs national |
| Hawaii | $117,940 | +20% vs national |
| Alaska | $115,970 | +18% vs national |
| Oregon | $115,970 | +18% vs national |
| Washington | $115,970 | +18% vs national |
| Massachusetts | $113,020 | +15% vs national |
| New York | $111,060 | +13% vs national |
| District of Columbia | $110,070 | +12% vs national |
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Endoscopy Nurse salary FAQ
- How much do Endoscopy Nurses make?
- Endoscopy Nurses earn an estimated $98,280 a year — about $47.25 an hour, with most between $79,790 and $105,820. Endoscopy Nurses aren't reported as a separate role in public wage data, so this is a specialty estimate that starts from registered nurse pay.
- What is the hourly pay for Endoscopy Nurses?
- Most Endoscopy Nurses are paid an hourly wage. The national estimate works out to about $47.25 an hour at a full-time schedule, with a typical range of $38.36 to $50.88. Nights, weekends, and overtime differentials push the real hourly rate higher.
- Which state pays Endoscopy Nurses the most?
- California is among the highest-paying states for Endoscopy Nurses, at roughly $135,630 a year, followed by other West Coast and Northeast states. State figures are estimates based on national pay and local cost of living.
- Why is Endoscopy Nurse pay shown as an estimate?
- No public source measures Endoscopy Nurses as a separate occupation, so we start from registered nurse pay and apply the pay difference these nurses typically see. The figure is clearly labeled an estimate and sharpens as nurses submit their own pay.
- Why are some figures verified and others estimates?
- National pay for the main nursing roles — registered nurses, LPNs/LVNs, nurse practitioners, CRNAs, nurse midwives, and nursing assistants — comes from verified public wage data. State, city, and specialty figures that aren't reported on their own start from that national pay and are labeled "Estimated" or "Specialty estimate." We never show an estimate as a verified figure.
Source & confidence— An estimate for a specialty that public pay data does not list on its own. A ballpark to start from, not an exact figure.
Modeled specialty estimate
Endoscopy Nurse is not broken out by BLS. Figures are modeled from the SOC 29-1141 median using a specialty differential of 1.05×, reflecting commonly reported pay differences. Treat as directional, not precise.
Source year 2024. Last reviewed June 1, 2025. Full methodology
This role isn’t broken out in public wage data, so the figure starts from registered nurse pay and sharpens as nurses submit their pay. Last reviewed June 1, 2025.