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Sleep Scoring Summary: Performs polysomnography procedures on patients with suspected injury or disease resulting in sleep disorders according to facility policies and procedures. Essential Functions:

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How much do sleep scoring jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 28, 2026, the average hourly pay for sleep scoring in the United States is $30.86, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $23.08 and $35.10 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

How does a typical day look for a professional involved in sleep scoring, and what are the main challenges they face?

A typical day for someone in sleep scoring involves analyzing polysomnographic data, identifying different sleep stages, and detecting events such as apneas or limb movements according to established guidelines. The role often requires attention to detail and the ability to maintain accuracy while reviewing long periods of recorded data. One of the main challenges is staying updated with evolving scoring criteria and ensuring consistency in scoring across patient studies. Close collaboration with sleep technologists and physicians is common, as the scoring results are critical for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning.

What is the difference between Sleep Scoring vs Sleep Technologist?

AspectSleep ScoringSleep Technologist
CertificationsOften requires certification in sleep scoring or related areasTypically requires RPSGT or equivalent certification
Work EnvironmentPrimarily analyzes sleep data in labs or remotelyPerforms sleep studies, patient setup, and monitoring in sleep labs
Job ResponsibilitiesScores and interprets sleep data for diagnosisConducts sleep studies, patient care, and data collection

Sleep Scoring focuses on analyzing and interpreting sleep data, often working behind the scenes, while Sleep Technologists are involved in conducting sleep studies and patient care. Both roles require certifications and work in sleep labs, but their daily tasks differ significantly.

What Is a Sleep Scoring Job?

A sleep scoring job involves monitoring a patient during sleep, running tests, and performing an analysis of the collected data. This information gets converted to a score that reveals overall sleep quality and is used to improve sleep efficiency. As a sleep technician, your duties are to schedule applicants at a sleep disorder center, maintain accurate and organized records, assist with polysomnography testing, prepare and clean necessary equipment, and evaluate and score the sleep studies completed in the lab. Other responsibilities include assisting the lab manager and completing additional research-related activities.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Sleep Scoring Specialist, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Sleep Scoring Specialist, you need a solid understanding of sleep physiology, polysomnography, and scoring guidelines, typically supported by a degree in sleep technology or related fields and RPSGT certification. Proficiency with sleep study software, EEG analysis tools, and data management systems is vital. Attention to detail, analytical thinking, and effective communication with clinical teams are standout soft skills. These skills ensure accurate sleep data interpretation and contribute to precise diagnoses and effective patient care.

What is sleep scoring?

Sleep scoring is the process of analyzing and categorizing sleep stages using data from sleep studies, typically collected through polysomnography. Specialists review brain wave patterns, eye movements, muscle activity, and other physiological signals to determine periods of wakefulness, light sleep, deep sleep, and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Accurate sleep scoring is essential for diagnosing sleep disorders and understanding sleep patterns. This work is often performed by trained technologists or automated software in sleep labs.
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Infographic showing various Sleep Scoring job openings in the United States as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 16% As Needed, 42% Full Time, 21% Part Time, and 21% Contract. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $64,185 per year, or $30.9 per hour.
Scoring Technologist - Sleep Disorder Center

Scoring Technologist - Sleep Disorder Center

memorial care

Long Beach, CA

$34.43/hr

Full-time

Medical

Posted 24 days ago


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Job description

Title: Scoring Technologist

Location: Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

Department: Sleep Disorder Center

Status: Full Time

Shift: Days (8hr)

Pay Range*: $34.43/hr. - $49.96/hr.

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups - consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

Works under the general supervision of the medical director or designee to provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders, including polysomnography, diagnostic and therapeutic services or patient care and education. Analyzes and reviews in-lab and home sleep testing data. Educates patients and their families on the use of home sleep testing equipment at multiple site locations. Performs daytime polysomnographic testing, as needed.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

  • Polysomnographic Record Scoring: Assists with scoring sleep/wake stages by utilizing the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. Assists with scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events, cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) by utilizing the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. Assists with the generation of accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.

  • Responsible for working with daytime Home Sleep Testing patients for instruction and education on sleep testing. Travel to alternative Sleep testing site locations is required either at our Long Beach, Los Alamitos, Irvine or future locations as needed.

  • Gathers and Analyzes Patient Information: Reviews history, physical information, medications, procedure request, and study protocol. Completes and verifies documentation. Explains the procedures and orients the patient and family members to the sleep center.

  • Polysomnographic Procedures: Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and make adjustments, if necessary. Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards. Performs appropriate physiologic calibrations ensure proper signals and make adjustments, if necessary. Performs routine positive airway pressure (PAP) mask fitting.

  • Testing Preparation Procedures: Follows department procedural protocols for Routine polysomnography, PAP, and oxygen titration, to ensure collection of appropriate data. Follows department procedural protocols for Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), Follows "lights out" procedures to establish and document baseline values. Performs polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free and make adjustments, if necessary.

  • Documents routine observations, including sleep stages and clinical events, changes in procedure, and other significant events in order to facilitate scoring and interpretation of polysomnographic results. Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, ASV titrations, oxygen administration, etc.).

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare-that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there's more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

  • Minimum of 3 years experience in the field of polysomnography preferred.

  • Minimum of 1 year in home sleep testing education, setup and instructure preferred.

  • Attain 10 hours per year in continuing education related to polysomnography testing and sleep related disorders required.

  • Knowledge and experience of baseline polysomnography, split-night polysomnography, CPAP/Bi-level polysomnography, MSLT/MWT/ASV testing and oxygen testing per protocol preferred.

  • Strong patient communication and phone skills preferred.

  • Ability to review clinical patient data and analysis for continuing care preferred.

  • Strong working knowledge and ability for Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and Epic preferred.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

  • Associate's/Technical Degree with emphasis in polysomnography or current certification/license by the Medical Board of California and credential from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) required.

  • Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) license required.

  • California Medical Board State License required.

  • Current certification for Basic Life Support (BLS) required.


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