NYC runs one of the deepest OR markets in the country, from academic medical centers to high-volume ambulatory surgery. The latest surgical technologist and scrub tech openings across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx are below, with salary and certification detail underneath.
The city's OR volume is concentrated in a handful of large systems that staff both hospital main ORs and outpatient surgery centers across all five boroughs. From a recruiter's vantage, the academic systems are the ones most set up to onboard newer techs straight out of clinicals, while the specialty centers reward techs who already own a subspecialty.
NYU Langone Health
Major academic system staffing hospital ORs and ambulatory surgery across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Large multi-campus network with high case volume across most surgical specialties.
Mount Sinai Health System
Multi-hospital system running ORs and outpatient sites throughout the metro.
Northwell Health & NYC Health + Hospitals
The region's largest private and public networks, staffing ORs at scale across the boroughs and Long Island.
Hospital for Special Surgery
Orthopedic-focused specialty hospital; strong fit for techs with ortho and spine case experience.
New York is one of the better-paying states for the role: the state mean annual wage for surgical technologists is $75,950, well above the national median of $60,610. Your actual number inside the metro is driven by setting (hospital main OR versus ASC), your CST status, years of OR experience, and subspecialty, with cardiac, neuro, and ortho cases generally sitting at the top of the range.
Run your own estimate with the surgical tech salary estimator, or see how each specialty pays in the salary guide.
Most NYC employers expect the CST credential or clear evidence you're pursuing it, and new grads generally have a window after finishing an accredited program to certify. Full path and state-specific rules are in the how-to-become guide and the state requirements page.