Radiologic Technologist Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

About 196,000 radiologic technologists are working in the US. Unemployment for workers ranks very low among occupations in the US. In 2008, 1% of employees were not able to find jobs.

Area Job Conditions

Popular cities for radiologic technologists include Punta Gorda (Florida), Huntington (West Virginia), and Dover (Delaware), and the least popular are San Jose (California), Visalia (California), and Salinas (California).

Workers looking for high paying jobs should consider San Jose (California), Oakland (California), and Kingman (Arizona), and avoid Valdosta (Georgia), Pine Bluff (Arkansas), and Sumter (South Carolina).

Training and Education

Employees often get an associate degree before beginning their career. About 25% of radiologic technologists have four year degrees. Workers that went to college (but did not get a bachelor's degree) are about 68% of the total. Some employees, about 7%, did not pursue education beyond high-school. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Part-time radiologic technologists are 17% of the total. Among workers, about 1% are self-employed.

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Radiologic Technologists Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of radiologic technologists compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for radiologic technologists.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$45,000	850
Mobile	$45,000	350
Huntsville	$47,000	300
Montgomery	$43,000	290
Tuscaloosa	$45,000	220
Dothan	$48,000	140
Gadsden	$44,000	120
Florence		110
Anniston	$39,000	80
Auburn	$37,000	60

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$62,000	300

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$51,000	3,020
Tucson	$47,000	990
Kingman	$68,000	110
Prescott	$58,000	110
Yuma	$52,000	80
Flagstaff	$56,000	40

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$48,000	490
Fayetteville	$47,000	230
Fort Smith	$43,000	170
Jonesboro	$40,000	110
Hot Springs	$42,000	90
Pine Bluff	$36,000	70

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$57,000	1,510
Santa Ana	$59,000	1,400
San Diego	$61,000	1,310
Oakland	$71,000	1,050
San Francisco	$64,000	900
Sacramento	$62,000	850
San Jose	$77,000	680
Bakersfield	$55,000	330
Stockton	$69,000	330
Fresno	$56,000	320
Oxnard	$61,000	320
Santa Rosa	$62,000	200
Modesto	$66,000	190
Santa Barbara	$62,000	190
Chico	$57,000	130
Redding	$50,000	110
San Luis Obispo	$58,000	110
Salinas	$67,000	100
Visalia	$66,000	90
El Centro	$52,000	60
Madera	$61,000	60
Hanford	$54,000	50

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$56,000	1,560
Colorado Springs	$46,000	320
Boulder	$58,000	270
Fort Collins	$54,000	200
Pueblo	$54,000	100
Grand Junction	$47,000	80

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$61,000	910
New Haven	$61,000	650
Bridgeport	$57,000	590
Norwich	$57,000	230
Danbury	$58,000	210
Waterbury	$56,000	160

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$57,000	540
Dover	$61,000	220

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$62,000	2,480

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$53,000	2,110
Miami	$53,000	1,580
Orlando	$46,000	1,420
Fort Lauderdale	$55,000	1,260
Jacksonville	$49,000	1,130
West Palm Beach	$51,000	910
Cape Coral	$57,000	530
Lakeland	$48,000	450
Sarasota	$53,000	420
Palm Bay	$50,000	410
Pensacola	$46,000	300
Gainesville	$49,000	300
Port St Lucie	$51,000	280
Deltona	$48,000	260
Punta Gorda	$56,000	210
Ocala	$46,000	200
Tallahassee	$50,000	200
Naples	$57,000	190
Fort Walton Beach	$46,000	130
Sebastian	$48,000	110

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$52,000	2,790
Augusta	$47,000	350
Savannah	$47,000	230
Macon	$47,000	230
Athens	$47,000	230
Columbus	$48,000	210
Valdosta	$37,000	120
Albany	$41,000	120
Rome	$47,000	90
Warner Robins	$44,000	90
Dalton	$52,000	70

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$60,000	530

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$51,000	360
Pocatello	$41,000	50

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$60,000	4,240
Peoria	$48,000	400
Springfield	$49,000	250
Rockford	$46,000	230
Champaign	$54,000	150
Bloomington	$46,000	110
Kankakee	$52,000	100
Danville	$49,000	40

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$53,000	1,380
Gary	$50,000	580
Fort Wayne	$47,000	410
Evansville	$42,000	300
Elkhart	$48,000	220
South Bend	$50,000	220
Terre Haute	$49,000	200
Michigan City	$50,000	160
Lafayette	$57,000	150
Bloomington	$48,000	150
Muncie	$49,000	110
Kokomo	$49,000	80
Columbus	$52,000	60

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$46,000	570
Davenport	$46,000	280
Cedar Rapids	$40,000	200
Waterloo	$46,000	180
Dubuque	$47,000	140
Sioux City	$46,000	130
Ames	$44,000	70

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$44,000	460
Topeka	$46,000	140

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$47,000	1,300
Lexington	$45,000	640
Owensboro	$47,000	150
Elizabethtown	$49,000	120
Bowling Green		100

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$49,000	950
Baton Rouge	$48,000	480
Shreveport	$43,000	470
Lake Charles	$45,000	230
Monroe	$48,000	210
Alexandria	$44,000	200
Lafayette	$45,000	190
Houma	$44,000	90

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$57,000	280
Bangor	$71,000	200

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$63,000	2,120
Bethesda	$69,000	990
Salisbury	$60,000	110
Hagerstown	$47,000	100
Cumberland	$45,000	90

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$70,000	3,760
Springfield	$59,000	600
Worcester	$65,000	410
Barnstable Town	$64,000	240
Brockton	$64,000	230
Framingham	$68,000	230
Lowell	$56,000	150
New Bedford	$59,000	110
Leominster	$61,000	80

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$50,000	1,490
Detroit	$54,000	1,190
Grand Rapids	$49,000	660
Ann Arbor	$52,000	450
Flint	$45,000	300
Lansing	$46,000	260
Saginaw	$48,000	260
Kalamazoo	$46,000	240
Battle Creek	$52,000	80
Holland	$42,000	70
Bay City	$51,000	40
Monroe	$42,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$57,000	2,780
Duluth	$53,000	280
St Cloud	$55,000	130

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$47,000	500
Hattiesburg	$40,000	190
Gulfport	$42,000	180
Pascagoula	$44,000	120

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$49,000	2,380
Kansas City	$49,000	1,850
Springfield	$46,000	440
Columbia	$50,000	250
Joplin	$39,000	180
Jefferson City	$44,000	130

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Great Falls	$46,000	80

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$48,000	790
Lincoln		330

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$66,000	850
Reno	$61,000	240

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$57,000	170
Nashua	$57,000	160
Rochester	$54,000	70

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$64,000	1,790
Newark	$63,000	1,500
Camden	$59,000	840
Trenton	$62,000	360
Atlantic City	$63,000	250
Vineland	$59,000	150

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$56,000	330
Farmington	$51,000	70
Santa Fe	$55,000	50

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$66,000	7,070
Nassau	$66,000	2,410
Buffalo	$49,000	950
Albany	$55,000	700
Syracuse	$57,000	620
Rochester	$47,000	490
Poughkeepsie	$68,000	490
Utica	$51,000	200
Binghamton	$50,000	200
Kingston	$65,000	120
Elmira	$47,000	50

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$54,000	1,090
Durham	$55,000	700
Winston Salem	$54,000	610
Raleigh	$51,000	570
Greensboro	$53,000	550
Asheville	$49,000	500
Hickory	$46,000	300
Wilmington	$45,000	270
Greenville	$47,000	230
Fayetteville	$49,000	190
Rocky Mount	$47,000	110
Goldsboro	$51,000	100
Burlington		40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$42,000	210
Bismarck	$44,000	70
Grand Forks	$51,000	40

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$50,000	1,970
Cincinnati	$49,000	1,770
Columbus	$52,000	1,200
Dayton	$50,000	940
Toledo	$50,000	680
Youngstown	$55,000	630
Canton	$46,000	530
Akron	$46,000	430

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$44,000	850
Tulsa	$46,000	670
Lawton	$41,000	40

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$60,000	1,240
Eugene	$60,000	200
Salem	$57,000	160
Medford	$55,000	160
Bend	$60,000	110
Corvallis	$57,000	90

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$51,000	3,530
Pittsburgh	$46,000	2,350
Allentown	$53,000	820
Scranton	$47,000	490
Harrisburg	$50,000	470
Lancaster	$54,000	400
Erie	$43,000	290
York	$54,000	260
Johnstown	$43,000	160
Reading	$52,000	130
Altoona	$44,000	130
State College	$46,000	80
Lebanon	$41,000	40

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$61,000	1,280

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$64,000	560
Greenville	$47,000	470
Charleston	$48,000	470
Florence	$50,000	210
Spartanburg	$44,000	190
Myrtle Beach	$42,000	140
Sumter	$35,000	50

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$48,000	390
Rapid City	$43,000	160

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$52,000	1,460
Memphis	$50,000	1,380
Knoxville	$49,000	840
Chattanooga	$51,000	500
Johnson City	$45,000	300
Kingsport	$45,000	260
Jackson	$44,000	230
Clarksville	$43,000	60
Morristown	$43,000	60

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$54,000	3,560
Dallas	$56,000	2,250
San Antonio	$50,000	1,430
Fort Worth	$54,000	1,120
Austin	$54,000	820
Mcallen	$54,000	370
Tyler	$51,000	360
El Paso	$47,000	340
Corpus Christi	$46,000	290
Killeen	$49,000	270
Lubbock	$44,000	260
Brownsville	$43,000	240
Waco	$47,000	230
Amarillo	$47,000	210
Beaumont	$43,000	200
Wichita Falls	$41,000	150
Victoria	$50,000	120
College Station	$44,000	120
Laredo	$42,000	110
Odessa	$51,000	110
Longview	$47,000	110
Texarkana	$43,000	110
Sherman	$46,000	100
Abilene	$50,000	90
San Angelo	$50,000	80

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$46,000	790
Ogden	$40,000	290
Provo	$47,000	230
St George	$47,000	110

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$54,000	170

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$53,000	1,220
Richmond	$52,000	1,010
Roanoke	$51,000	250
Lynchburg	$54,000	230
Blacksburg	$45,000	110
Harrisonburg		70

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$67,000	1,800
Spokane	$51,000	440
Tacoma	$57,000	340
Kennewick	$55,000	180
Yakima	$57,000	130
Olympia	$58,000	130
Bremerton	$56,000	110
Wenatchee	$56,000	100
Mount Vernon	$53,000	90
Longview	$57,000	50

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$47,000	530
Charleston	$39,000	380
Wheeling	$40,000	220
Parkersburg	$39,000	180
Morgantown	$43,000	170
Weirton	$47,000	120

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$54,000	1,640
Madison	$53,000	680
Green Bay	$50,000	290
Janesville	$49,000	180
Oshkosh	$50,000	160
Appleton	$49,000	160
Wausau	$50,000	140
Eau Claire	$51,000	130
Racine	$51,000	100
Fond	$45,000	100
Sheboygan	$50,000	70

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$40,000	120
Casper	$50,000	60

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