What does a Digital Pathology Slide Scanner make?

Factual Questions
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I just had my second interview at a pathology lab. No one has mentioned money yet. The job entails scanning slides of biopsies, ensuring they’re scanned correctly, and the slide data, paper data, and computer data all match; maintaining the scanners, and on my downtime helping the QA department file slides. The person I spoke to said that he’s not anticipating that much downtime, though. I know that people in the QA depts at labs like this one (nyc metro area) are paying 17-19 an hour and that this lab has a reputation for better pay but not so great benefits. They have not made an offer yet but I’d like to go in knowing what the industry is paying in my area.

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Well a Digital Pathology Slide scanner make slides of pathology samples for …

*read, read, read *

Oh, wait, you wanted salary information.

Well, I can’t find the exact title match on salary dot com, but there was this info offered:

http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_salaryresults.asp?hdJobCode=HC07000421&hdJobTitle=Pathology+Assistant&hdJobCategory=HC03&hdNarrowDesc=Healthcare+--+Practitioners&hdZipCode=&hdStateMetro=&geometrocode=&hdGeoLocation=U.S.+National+Averages&hdKeyword=Digital+Pathology+Slide+Scanner+&op=salswz_psr&joblevelcode=1&pagefrom=selectjob&hdLocationOption=0&hdSearchByOption=0&countertype=0&jobcounter=2

Insert your own loaction data, and make any changes you see fit to make the results better. Or maybe someone will suggest a website other than salary dot com.

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Thanks, that’s what I was pulling up too. It’s also typical for labs to reimburse tuition, so after 2 years of school it’s a hopeful salary. It’s an industry change for me, and I just need to know if I can survive on what they offer and pay for college during those two years. I was hoping there was someone here that works in a lab and can get a ball park figure.