Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
29-2034 Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Take x rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's blood stream for diagnostic purposes. Includes technologists who specialize in other scanning modalities. Excludes "Diagnostic Medical Sonographers"(29-2032) and "Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists" (29-2035).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 207,360 |
0.8 % |
$30.34 |
$63,120 |
0.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$19.94 |
$23.84 |
$29.09 |
$35.89 |
$43.15 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$41,480 |
$49,580 |
$60,510 |
$74,660 |
$89,760 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
122,750 |
2.20 |
$30.71 |
$63,870 |
| Offices of Physicians |
41,500 |
1.57 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
13,690 |
1.44 |
$33.24 |
$69,140 |
| Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
13,490 |
4.87 |
$30.47 |
$63,380 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
5,650 |
0.28 |
$32.40 |
$67,400 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
13,490 |
4.87 |
$30.47 |
$63,380 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
122,750 |
2.20 |
$30.71 |
$63,870 |
| Offices of Physicians |
41,500 |
1.57 |
$27.96 |
$58,160 |
| Outpatient Care Centers |
13,690 |
1.44 |
$33.24 |
$69,140 |
| Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals |
2,400 |
0.91 |
$33.72 |
$70,140 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
17,390 |
1.00 |
0.71 |
$41.40 |
$86,120 |
| Texas |
16,480 |
1.33 |
0.94 |
$29.35 |
$61,050 |
| Florida |
13,830 |
1.57 |
1.11 |
$27.48 |
$57,150 |
| New York |
12,620 |
1.33 |
0.94 |
$33.95 |
$70,620 |
| Pennsylvania |
10,150 |
1.72 |
1.22 |
$25.89 |
$53,860 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| West Virginia |
1,710 |
2.44 |
1.73 |
$24.94 |
$51,880 |
| South Dakota |
940 |
2.21 |
1.56 |
$25.58 |
$53,210 |
| Kentucky |
3,890 |
2.05 |
1.45 |
$25.33 |
$52,690 |
| Mississippi |
2,260 |
2.00 |
1.42 |
$22.91 |
$47,660 |
| Maine |
1,210 |
1.98 |
1.40 |
$28.10 |
$58,450 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
12,060 |
1.25 |
0.88 |
$35.84 |
$74,550 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
5,920 |
1.27 |
0.90 |
$32.43 |
$67,460 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
5,860 |
0.94 |
0.67 |
$39.65 |
$82,460 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
4,330 |
1.64 |
1.16 |
$27.45 |
$57,110 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
4,300 |
1.41 |
1.00 |
$31.62 |
$65,760 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,260 |
1.48 |
1.05 |
$29.05 |
$60,420 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3,700 |
1.32 |
0.94 |
$39.00 |
$81,120 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,660 |
1.00 |
0.71 |
$29.51 |
$61,390 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
3,240 |
1.02 |
0.72 |
$35.60 |
$74,040 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
3,190 |
1.16 |
0.82 |
$29.55 |
$61,470 |
United States Department of Labor
