Radiation Therapists salary

SOC 29-1124 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$105,310

per year, nationally

Middle half

$92,060–$126,340

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

17,070

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+1.9%

900 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$80,560$156,710

10th: $80,560
25th: $92,060
Median: $105,310
75th: $126,340
90th: $156,710

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where radiation therapists earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	California	$166,450	110.7	1,720	0.86×
2	Oregon	$131,600	103.4	160	0.75×
3	New York	$129,620	107.9	820	0.77×
4	New Jersey	$129,460	108.8	600	1.28×
5	Washington	$125,880	107.0	540	1.37×
6	Hawaii	$125,520	110.0	—	—
7	Illinois	$124,600	100.0	—	—
8	Connecticut	$116,170	103.6	110	0.61×
9	Kansas	$108,830	90.1	240	1.54×
10	Arizona	$108,760	100.7	410	1.16×
11	Colorado	$108,020	103.1	320	1.02×
12	Utah	$107,660	98.9	70	0.39×
13	Maryland	$107,120	105.0	250	0.81×
14	Massachusetts	$106,300	105.8	330	0.83×
15	New Hampshire	$106,270	104.2	60	0.74×
16	Texas	$105,770	97.1	1,000	0.65×
17	Montana	$105,400	94.6	50	0.97×
18	Virginia	$103,310	101.1	500	1.10×
19	Maine	$101,980	97.0	140	1.96×
20	Vermont	$101,060	98.0	50	1.51×
21	Florida	$100,920	103.4	1,280	1.17×
22	South Carolina	$100,790	93.7	200	0.77×
23	Pennsylvania	$100,540	97.6	560	0.84×
24	District of Columbia	$100,250	109.9	70	0.96×
25	New Mexico	$100,010	92.2	100	1.06×
26	Missouri	$99,890	90.8	420	1.31×
27	Idaho	$99,660	95.5	100	1.05×
28	North Carolina	$99,250	94.3	710	1.31×
29	Nebraska	$98,670	90.1	120	1.07×
30	Ohio	$98,650	92.8	690	1.13×
31	Oklahoma	$98,390	87.8	120	0.64×
32	Minnesota	$98,000	98.6	210	0.66×
33	Kentucky	$97,760	90.2	170	0.78×
34	South Dakota	$97,470	88.6	—	—
35	Indiana	$96,690	93.3	360	1.04×
36	Michigan	$95,890	96.2	450	0.94×
37	Louisiana	$94,710	88.2	230	1.06×
38	Georgia	$94,460	96.3	470	0.88×
39	Wisconsin	$93,600	94.1	550	1.70×
40	Nevada	$92,990	100.0	110	0.67×
41	Mississippi	$88,100	87.0	70	0.53×
42	Alabama	$87,330	88.8	120	0.53×
43	Tennessee	$83,520	91.9	350	0.98×
44	Iowa	$81,610	87.8	120	0.71×
45	Arkansas	$78,950	86.9	80	0.56×
46	West Virginia	$71,590	89.5	120	1.61×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where radiation therapists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for radiation therapists

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$206,350	110.4	130	1.02×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$205,670	115.6	220	0.83×
3	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$182,240	106.7	110	0.91×
4	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$171,500	111.9	140	0.83×
5	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$169,150	113.6	480	0.69×
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$135,550	112.6	960	0.92×
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$133,410	111.1	250	1.11×
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$130,800	106.4	—	—
9	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$128,650	105.4	130	0.96×
10	Urban Honolulu, HI	$125,520	111.0	—	—
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$124,850	103.6	—	—
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$119,960	102.6	390	1.23×
13	Kansas City, MO-KS	$117,280	92.5	220	1.87×
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$117,050	103.1	220	0.49×
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$110,510	102.7	50	0.79×
16	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$110,050	104.5	110	0.72×
17	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$108,770	103.3	350	1.34×
18	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$108,600	94.7	50	0.40×
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$108,450	108.9	270	0.77×
20	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$108,020	105.8	150	0.86×
21	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$107,080	100.0	30	0.74×
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$106,300	108.3	260	0.87×
23	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$105,770	98.6	350	0.98×
24	St. Louis, MO-IL	$105,310	95.1	200	1.34×
25	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$105,300	98.1	120	0.87×
26	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$105,180	94.2	—	—
27	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$103,180	96.9	140	1.57×
28	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$103,140	97.9	110	1.36×
29	Toledo, OH	$102,960	91.5	40	1.11×
30	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$102,730	103.2	—	—
31	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$102,520	95.4	150	1.20×
32	Portland-South Portland, ME	$101,980	101.9	70	2.34×
33	Colorado Springs, CO	$101,940	100.7	50	1.35×
34	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$101,930	92.6	50	0.97×
35	Richmond, VA	$101,380	97.9	80	1.04×
36	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$101,320	98.7	30	0.91×
37	Baton Rouge, LA	$101,140	90.8	40	0.96×
38	Winston-Salem, NC	$101,050	92.0	70	2.30×
39	Akron, OH	$101,050	93.4	50	1.42×
40	Wichita, KS	$100,900	88.9	40	1.21×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where radiation therapists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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