16Live Cath Lab Tech Travel Jobs in Texas · July 29 700+ 5-Star Reviews

Cath Lab Tech Travel Jobs in Texas

Explore travel cath lab tech jobs in Texas: filter by shift and facility type, see facility names on every card, and start a shortlist.

Pick this next
Pick this next
Set location
Cath Lab Tech · Texas
16
live jobs
$2,530
avg weekly pay iMarket pay is the average weekly rate across active assignments matching your specialty and location. Each job’s pay tier compares its weekly pay to this average.
+5
new this week
Explore this market
Browse Cath Lab Tech jobs by state
Florida 29 Kentucky 9 Arizona 8 North Carolina 8 Ohio 8 South Carolina 8 Georgia 7
Jobs here move fast. Don’t miss the next match.

Drop your number and we’ll text you the moment a matching job opens.

    16 jobs updated today
    Sort by radius

    What the LMRT Rule Means for Texas Assignments

    Before you sign a Texas cath lab contract, the detail that catches travelers off guard is licensing: Texas is one of the states that regulates who may operate radiographic equipment, so cath lab fluoroscopy here generally requires a state Limited Medical Radiologic Technology license beyond your RCIS. With that sorted, the work itself spans a wide range, the large Houston and Dallas, Fort Worth heart programs run heavy interventional and structural-heart schedules, while San Antonio and Austin sites and the many regional hospitals carry a steadier diagnostic and PCI mix. Texas employs more than six thousand cardiovascular techs statewide, and that volume keeps assignments rotating across all four major metros and the smaller markets in between.

    Live market data

    Texas Cath Lab Market at a Glance

    Updated today

    6,140 Cardiovascular technologists as; 1.08× workforce concentration versus the U.S. average. Those figures appear beside the current openings and pay.

    16 Cath Lab Tech contracts are open in Texas right now, with +5 added in the last 7 days and 4 already filled. Open postings have been live about 15 days on average.

    16
    Open Cath Lab Tech jobs
    15 days
    Median time active
    +5
    Added last 7 days
    RCIS + TX LMRT
    Cath lab credential · RCIS (CCI) plus Texas LMRT radiologic license for fluoroscopy
    Why demand stays strong
    6,140
    Cardiovascular technologists employed in Texas (SOC 29-2031, BLS OEWS May 2025)
    1.08×
    Texas cardiovascular-tech concentration vs U.S. average (location quotient, BLS OEWS May 2025)
    0.44
    Cardiovascular-tech jobs per 1,000 jobs in Texas (BLS OEWS May 2025)

    Live counts from the jobs feed, updated daily. Demand figures from public workforce data, sources noted with each figure.

    Pay by city · Cath Lab · Texas

    Where Cath Lab Pay Lands in Each Texas Metro

    Live · updated today

    Texas cath lab packages vary across Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, and regional markets. Compare posted figures by STEMI call, structural-heart or PCI volume, scrub-monitor-circulate duties, weekend rotation, commute, and parking.

    Highest weekly pay · Cath Lab Tech
    Houston
    $2,942
    Austin
    $2,788
    Victoria
    $2,771
    Brownsville
    $2,711
    Rowlett
    $2,709
    Cedar Park
    $2,609
    Mesquite
    $2,500
    Granbury
    $2,446

    Houston and Dallas anchor Texas cath lab pay with the deepest interventional and structural-heart volume, San Antonio and Austin a step behind. The RCIS carries the credential story, with the state LMRT wrinkle worth clearing early for fluoroscopy work. Austin rents thin a stipend that stretches in Fort Worth. Call rotation moves the real hourly value more than the metro does, so get a posting's call expectations in writing before you weigh two Texas offers.

    Weekly pay reflects current open Advantis contracts — marketplace contract value, not a staff-nurse wage.

    The Credential and License Behind Texas Cath Lab Work

    During a cath lab case, the technologist manages imaging, hemodynamic monitoring, table-side support, and equipment flow across diagnostic and interventional procedures. Nationally the recognized credential is the RCIS, the Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist from Cardiovascular Credentialing International; many techs also carry an ARRT cardiac- or vascular-interventional certification. Texas adds a hard licensing layer: because operating fluoroscopy means using ionizing radiation on patients, the state generally requires a Limited Medical Radiologic Technology license through the Texas Medical Board, so plan that step into your start timing. On demand, Texas employs over six thousand cardiovascular techs and its workforce concentration runs modestly above the national average, which keeps cath lab contracts opening across the major metros year-round. Behind the listings stands a workforce of 6,140 cardiovascular technologists statewide, per OEWS May 2025.

    Good to know

    What Travelers Ask About Cath Lab Work in Texas

    What does the licensing step involve for a Texas cath lab tech contract?
    Cath lab imaging is state-credentialed in Texas, so travelers hold two pieces: the clinical RCIS and the state authorization. Travelers from no-license states can be surprised by the state application, so it belongs in the first recruiter conversation. Sorted early, none of the Texas process touches the first shift.
    Which device and structural-heart experience matters for Texas contracts?
    They overlap on imaging skills but treat different problems. Cath lab techs focus on cardiac and vascular catheterization, coronary angiography, stenting, structural-heart work, at the cardiology table. Interventional radiology covers a broader range of image-guided procedures across the body, often under a radiology department.
    What should travelers know about the Texas cath lab tech market?
    Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth carry the most volume because that's where the large heart programs sit, followed by San Antonio and Austin. With more than six thousand cardiovascular techs working statewide, contracts open across all four metros and the regional hospitals between them through the year rather than clustering in one season.
    How can workload and schedule change the fit of a Texas cath lab tech contract?
    Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth run the deepest cath volume, home to the big heart programs, with San Antonio and Austin next in line. Place case mix, scrub versus monitor duties, EP or vascular coverage, and radiation credentialing beside the weekly figure when ranking Texas offers. For cath lab work in Texas, similar pay can produce very different workloads.
    How does the wide view behave on this cath lab tech page?
    The filters run in any order, but anchoring on a Texas location first restructures the whole cath lab tech list around your commute.New Texas postings appear as facilities submit needs, so a later pass can find different options. Checking the widened radius before declaring Texas thin is a step worth its thirty seconds.