Occupational employment / Radiologic technologists and technicians

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Radiologic technologists and technicians" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 3,470 $30.63 $63,720
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 12,760 $31.37 $65,240
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 7,070 $31.58 $65,680
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5,480 $28.77 $59,850
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,230 $28.61 $59,520
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,970 $33.04 $68,720
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,910 $25.53 $53,100
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 4,240 $29.04 $60,410
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 4,070 $28.89 $60,080
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,760 $33.75 $70,190
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,750 $25.49 $53,030
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,560 $25.84 $53,740
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,530 $24.63 $51,220
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,370 $26.55 $55,220
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,020 $24.34 $50,630
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,790 $25.09 $52,190
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,780 $27.30 $56,790
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,670 $24.78 $51,550
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,480 $29.60 $61,570
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,410 $31.82 $66,190
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,380 $23.70 $49,290
Pittsburgh, PA 2,350 $22.11 $46,000
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 2,250 $26.83 $55,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,150 $31.24 $64,990
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,120 $30.42 $63,260
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,110 $25.53 $53,110
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,970 $24.00 $49,910
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,950 $32.51 $67,620
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,850 $23.45 $48,780
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,800 $32.00 $66,570
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,790 $30.92 $64,320
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,770 $23.65 $49,180
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,640 $25.73 $53,520
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,580 $25.28 $52,590
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,560 $26.85 $55,840
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,510 $27.19 $56,560
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,500 $30.17 $62,760
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,490 $24.01 $49,950
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,460 $24.80 $51,590
San Antonio, TX 1,430 $24.06 $50,050
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,420 $22.22 $46,230
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,400 $28.45 $59,170
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,380 $25.54 $53,130
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,380 $24.12 $50,170
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,310 $29.48 $61,320
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,300 $22.45 $46,700
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,280 $29.51 $61,390
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,260 $26.38 $54,860
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,240 $29.02 $60,370
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,220 $25.40 $52,840
Columbus, OH 1,200 $25.02 $52,030
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,190 $25.75 $53,560
Jacksonville, FL 1,130 $23.35 $48,560
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,120 $25.99 $54,050
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,090 $25.81 $53,690
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,050 $34.18 $71,090
Richmond, VA 1,010 $24.98 $51,950
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 990 $33.24 $69,130
Tucson, AZ 990 $22.48 $46,760
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 950 $23.50 $48,870
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 950 $23.53 $48,950
Dayton, OH 940 $23.89 $49,690
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 910 $24.64 $51,240
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 910 $29.22 $60,770
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 900 $30.56 $63,560
Oklahoma City, OK 850 $21.06 $43,810
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 850 $21.70 $45,130
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 850 $31.88 $66,300
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 850 $12.19 $25,360
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 850 $29.94 $62,280
Knoxville, TN 840 $23.63 $49,150
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 840 $28.20 $58,660
Austin-Round Rock, TX 820 $25.79 $53,650
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 820 $25.43 $52,900
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 790 $23.08 $48,010
Salt Lake City, UT 790 $22.01 $45,770
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 700 $26.53 $55,190
Durham, NC 700 $26.30 $54,710
Toledo, OH 680 $23.83 $49,570
Madison, WI 680 $25.54 $53,130
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 680 $36.82 $76,580
Tulsa, OK 670 $21.91 $45,570
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 660 $23.46 $48,790
New Haven, CT 650 $29.43 $61,210
Lexington-Fayette, KY 640 $21.42 $44,560
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 630 $26.54 $55,210
Syracuse, NY 620 $27.43 $57,050
Winston-Salem, NC 610 $26.01 $54,110
Springfield, MA-CT 600 $28.51 $59,300
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 590 $27.26 $56,710
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 580 $24.18 $50,300
Raleigh-Cary, NC 570 $24.58 $51,120
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 570 $22.29 $46,370
Columbia, SC 560 $30.74 $63,930
Greensboro-High Point, NC 550 $25.63 $53,300
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 540 $27.30 $56,790
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 530 $27.17 $56,510
Canton-Massillon, OH 530 $22.28 $46,350
Honolulu, HI 530 $29.05 $60,410
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 530 $22.70 $47,220
Chattanooga, TN-GA 500 $24.74 $51,450
Asheville, NC 500 $23.37 $48,600
Jackson, MS 500 $22.41 $46,610
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 490 $22.38 $46,560
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 490 $32.52 $67,630
Rochester, NY 490 $22.51 $46,820
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 490 $22.88 $47,590
Baton Rouge, LA 480 $22.89 $47,610
Greenville, SC 470 $22.44 $46,680
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 470 $23.93 $49,780
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 470 $23.12 $48,090
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 470 $20.81 $43,290
Wichita, KS 460 $20.92 $43,510
Lakeland, FL 450 $23.02 $47,870
Ann Arbor, MI 450 $24.80 $51,570
Springfield, MO 440 $22.25 $46,280
Spokane, WA 440 $24.43 $50,820
Akron, OH 430 $21.99 $45,740
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 420 $25.64 $53,320
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 410 $30.41 $63,260
Worcester, MA-CT 410 $31.38 $65,280
Fort Wayne, IN 410 $22.70 $47,220
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 410 $24.10 $50,120
Peoria, IL 400 $22.96 $47,750
Lancaster, PA 400 $26.09 $54,270
Sioux Falls, SD 390 $22.95 $47,740
Charleston, WV 380 $18.78 $39,070
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 370 $26.13 $54,350
Boise City-Nampa, ID 360 $24.34 $50,640
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 360 $29.58 $61,540
Tyler, TX 360 $24.67 $51,310
Mobile, AL 350 $21.73 $45,190
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 350 $22.55 $46,890
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 340 $27.26 $56,700
El Paso, TX 340 $22.73 $47,290
Lincoln, NE 330 Not available Not available
Stockton, CA 330 $32.96 $68,560
Albuquerque, NM 330 $26.71 $55,550
Bakersfield, CA 330 $26.48 $55,080
Fresno, CA 320 $27.07 $56,300
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 320 $29.13 $60,590
Colorado Springs, CO 320 $21.97 $45,690
Gainesville, FL 300 $23.63 $49,150
Huntsville, AL 300 $22.46 $46,720
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 300 $22.32 $46,420
Johnson City, TN 300 $21.62 $44,960
Flint, MI 300 $21.77 $45,280
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 300 $22.34 $46,470
Anchorage, AK 300 $29.67 $61,720
Evansville, IN-KY 300 $20.11 $41,840
Montgomery, AL 290 $20.45 $42,530
Erie, PA 290 $20.73 $43,130
Corpus Christi, TX 290 $22.19 $46,150
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 290 $19.23 $39,990
Green Bay, WI 290 $23.94 $49,790
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 280 $27.46 $57,120
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 280 $24.74 $51,460
Duluth, MN-WI 280 $25.49 $53,020
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 280 $21.91 $45,570
Wilmington, NC 270 $21.61 $44,940
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 270 $23.40 $48,680
Boulder, CO 270 $27.80 $57,820
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 260 $23.26 $48,390
York-Hanover, PA 260 $25.77 $53,590
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 260 $21.44 $44,600
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 260 $22.95 $47,740
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 260 $22.34 $46,470
Lubbock, TX 260 $21.27 $44,250
Columbia, MO 250 $23.91 $49,730
Atlantic City, NJ 250 $30.51 $63,460
Roanoke, VA 250 $24.42 $50,790
Springfield, IL 250 $23.75 $49,410
Barnstable Town, MA 240 $30.92 $64,320
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 240 $22.25 $46,280
Reno-Sparks, NV 240 $29.43 $61,210
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 240 $20.66 $42,980
Greenville, NC 230 $22.39 $46,560
Jackson, TN 230 $21.09 $43,870
Rockford, IL 230 $22.19 $46,160
Savannah, GA 230 $22.50 $46,810
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 230 $27.63 $57,470
Lynchburg, VA 230 $25.74 $53,540
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 230 $22.53 $46,860
Macon, GA 230 $22.80 $47,420
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 230 $30.97 $64,420
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 230 $32.57 $67,750
Lake Charles, LA 230 $21.65 $45,020
Provo-Orem, UT 230 $22.57 $46,940
Athens-Clarke County, GA 230 $22.77 $47,370
Waco, TX 230 $22.50 $46,800
Tuscaloosa, AL 220 $21.74 $45,220
Wheeling, WV-OH 220 $19.32 $40,190
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 220 $24.03 $49,990
Dover, DE 220 $29.34 $61,030
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 220 $22.94 $47,720
Fargo, ND-MN 210 $20.42 $42,470
Monroe, LA 210 $23.15 $48,160
Columbus, GA-AL 210 $23.01 $47,860
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 210 $32.74 $68,100
Amarillo, TX 210 $22.63 $47,060
Florence, SC 210 $23.84 $49,580
Punta Gorda, FL 210 $27.02 $56,200
Danbury, CT 210 $27.79 $57,800
Ocala, FL 200 $22.14 $46,050
Bangor, ME 200 $34.22 $71,170
Terre Haute, IN 200 $23.56 $49,010
Alexandria, LA 200 $21.07 $43,810
Eugene-Springfield, OR 200 $28.82 $59,950
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 200 $20.53 $42,700
Binghamton, NY 200 $23.86 $49,630
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 200 $26.02 $54,120
Cedar Rapids, IA 200 $19.20 $39,930
Tallahassee, FL 200 $24.23 $50,390
Utica-Rome, NY 200 $24.29 $50,520
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 200 $29.71 $61,800
Modesto, CA 190 $31.92 $66,390
Lafayette, LA 190 $21.73 $45,200
Hattiesburg, MS 190 $19.18 $39,900
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 190 $29.58 $61,520
Fayetteville, NC 190 $23.64 $49,170
Naples-Marco Island, FL 190 $27.54 $57,290
Spartanburg, SC 190 $21.30 $44,300
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 180 $22.19 $46,150
Joplin, MO 180 $18.65 $38,790
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 180 $26.62 $55,380
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 180 $18.66 $38,820
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 180 $20.22 $42,060
Janesville, WI 180 $23.63 $49,140
Manchester, NH 170 $27.43 $57,060
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 170 $26.00 $54,090
Fort Smith, AR-OK 170 $20.73 $43,110
Morgantown, WV 170 $20.87 $43,400
Salem, OR 160 $27.21 $56,600
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 160 $23.99 $49,910
Appleton, WI 160 $23.54 $48,960
Medford, OR 160 $26.36 $54,820
Waterbury, CT 160 $27.03 $56,220
Rapid City, SD 160 $20.84 $43,350
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 160 $27.61 $57,440
Johnstown, PA 160 $20.79 $43,250
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 160 $24.09 $50,110
Owensboro, KY 150 $22.60 $47,010
Wichita Falls, TX 150 $19.90 $41,400
Champaign-Urbana, IL 150 $25.96 $53,990
Lafayette, IN 150 $27.22 $56,610
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 150 $28.39 $59,040
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 150 $26.81 $55,760
Bloomington, IN 150 $22.95 $47,740
Dothan, AL 140 $22.91 $47,650
Topeka, KS 140 $21.98 $45,730
Wausau, WI 140 $24.06 $50,050
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 140 $20.26 $42,140
Dubuque, IA 140 $22.55 $46,900
Altoona, PA 130 $21.02 $43,720
Olympia, WA 130 $28.07 $58,390
Eau Claire, WI 130 $24.46 $50,890
Reading, PA 130 $25.19 $52,390
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 130 $21.96 $45,670
Chico, CA 130 $27.30 $56,790
Yakima, WA 130 $27.49 $57,180
St. Cloud, MN 130 $26.50 $55,110
Jefferson City, MO 130 $21.32 $44,340
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 130 $22.29 $46,360
Cheyenne, WY 120 $19.21 $39,960
Valdosta, GA 120 $17.84 $37,100
Albany, GA 120 $19.62 $40,820
Victoria, TX 120 $23.83 $49,570
Kingston, NY 120 $31.02 $64,530
Elizabethtown, KY 120 $23.52 $48,920
Pascagoula, MS 120 $21.27 $44,240
College Station-Bryan, TX 120 $21.11 $43,910
Gadsden, AL 120 $21.06 $43,800
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 120 $22.42 $46,630
Prescott, AZ 110 $28.08 $58,400
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 110 Not available Not available
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 110 $28.00 $58,240
Jonesboro, AR 110 $19.32 $40,180
St. George, UT 110 $22.43 $46,650
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 110 $20.69 $43,030
Bend, OR 110 $28.88 $60,080
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 110 $23.23 $48,310
New Bedford, MA 110 $28.41 $59,090
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 110 $26.96 $56,080
Odessa, TX 110 $24.57 $51,110
Laredo, TX 110 $20.25 $42,120
Longview, TX 110 $22.55 $46,900
Redding, CA 110 $23.84 $49,590
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 110 $21.73 $45,200
Bloomington-Normal, IL 110 $22.18 $46,130
Rocky Mount, NC 110 $22.80 $47,420
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 110 $32.66 $67,930
Salisbury, MD 110 $28.81 $59,930
Muncie, IN 110 $23.41 $48,690
Sherman-Denison, TX 100 $22.01 $45,770
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 100 $22.62 $47,050
Bowling Green, KY 100 Not available Not available
Goldsboro, NC 100 $24.58 $51,120
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 100 $25.10 $52,210
Wenatchee, WA 100 $26.93 $56,010
Ponce, PR 100 $10.12 $21,060
Salinas, CA 100 $32.16 $66,900
Racine, WI 100 $24.70 $51,380
Fond du Lac, WI 100 $21.68 $45,090
Pueblo, CO 100 $25.98 $54,040
Rome, GA 90 $22.50 $46,800
Hot Springs, AR 90 $20.34 $42,320
Cumberland, MD-WV 90 $21.72 $45,170
Abilene, TX 90 $24.08 $50,080
Visalia-Porterville, CA 90 $31.54 $65,590
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 90 $25.49 $53,030
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 90 $20.93 $43,530
Corvallis, OR 90 $27.33 $56,850
Warner Robins, GA 90 $21.22 $44,140
Yuma, AZ 80 $25.07 $52,150
San Angelo, TX 80 $23.98 $49,870
Grand Junction, CO 80 $22.75 $47,320
Battle Creek, MI 80 $25.02 $52,030
Mayaguez, PR 80 $8.84 $18,380
Kokomo, IN 80 $23.65 $49,190
Great Falls, MT 80 $21.89 $45,530
Anniston-Oxford, AL 80 $18.91 $39,330
State College, PA 80 $21.97 $45,690
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 80 $29.41 $61,180
Dalton, GA 70 $25.10 $52,200
Sheboygan, WI 70 $24.03 $49,980
Pine Bluff, AR 70 $17.45 $36,290
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 70 $20.04 $41,690
Bismarck, ND 70 $21.02 $43,730
Ames, IA 70 $21.05 $43,790
Harrisonburg, VA 70 Not available Not available
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 70 $25.79 $53,650
Farmington, NM 70 $24.51 $50,970
El Centro, CA 60 $24.77 $51,510
Morristown, TN 60 $20.65 $42,960
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $20.61 $42,870
Columbus, IN 60 $25.16 $52,340
Madera, CA 60 $29.10 $60,530
Casper, WY 60 $23.85 $49,600
Auburn-Opelika, AL 60 $17.93 $37,290
Sumter, SC 50 $16.76 $34,850
Pocatello, ID 50 $19.50 $40,560
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 50 $10.66 $22,180
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 50 $25.95 $53,980
Santa Fe, NM 50 $26.47 $55,060
Longview, WA 50 $27.43 $57,040
Elmira, NY 50 $22.81 $47,450
Danville, IL 40 $23.75 $49,410
Lebanon, PA 40 $19.59 $40,740
Burlington, NC 40 Not available Not available
Bay City, MI 40 $24.73 $51,430
Monroe, MI 40 $20.04 $41,680
Grand Forks, ND-MN 40 $24.64 $51,250
Flagstaff, AZ 40 $27.05 $56,260
Lawton, OK 40 $19.51 $40,580
Decatur, IL Not available $30.33 $63,090
Jackson, MI Not available $22.60 $47,020
Lewiston-Auburn, ME Not available $23.80 $49,510
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI Not available $25.48 $53,000
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI Not available $23.52 $48,930
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $24.67 $51,310
Ithaca, NY Not available $28.79 $59,890
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $19.95 $41,500
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Not available $29.26 $60,850
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division Not available $27.98 $58,210
Lima, OH Not available $24.54 $51,040
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $22.99 $47,810
Fairbanks, AK Not available $27.58 $57,360
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