Radiologists salary

SOC 29-1224 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$420,860

per year, nationally

Middle half

$216,800–$506,010

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

26,770

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+2.7%

800 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.

$89,010$594,410

10th: $89,010
25th: $216,800
Median: $420,860
75th: $506,010
90th: $594,410

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Doctoral or professional degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency

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

Where radiologists 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	Minnesota	$708,340	98.6	440	0.87×
2	South Dakota	$586,010	88.6	70	0.87×
3	Maryland	$581,510	105.0	—	—
4	Maine	$555,750	97.0	—	—
5	North Dakota	$553,140	89.0	120	1.68×
6	New Hampshire	$506,010	104.2	210	1.76×
7	Michigan	$485,920	96.2	360	0.48×
8	New Jersey	$482,700	108.8	—	—
9	West Virginia	$471,650	89.5	360	2.95×
10	Arizona	$470,640	100.7	—	—
11	Pennsylvania	$455,380	97.6	1,360	1.31×
12	New York	$441,580	107.9	2,010	1.20×
13	Indiana	$430,640	93.3	680	1.24×
14	Massachusetts	$426,560	105.8	—	—
15	Florida	$417,690	103.4	1,680	0.98×
16	Utah	$417,250	98.9	380	1.28×
17	Iowa	$405,220	87.8	130	0.50×
18	Wisconsin	$392,610	94.1	980	1.94×
19	Nevada	$386,210	100.0	410	1.52×
20	Virginia	$376,270	101.1	—	—
21	Montana	$360,330	94.6	110	1.22×
22	Colorado	$344,270	103.1	500	1.01×
23	Georgia	$335,190	96.3	—	—
24	Texas	$319,320	97.1	2,330	0.96×
25	Kentucky	$279,990	90.2	—	—
26	California	$270,560	110.7	690	0.22×
27	Ohio	$260,000	92.8	770	0.81×
28	Connecticut	$191,990	103.6	—	—
29	District of Columbia	$182,450	109.9	80	0.64×
30	Kansas	$179,990	90.1	—	—
31	South Carolina	$174,480	93.7	—	—
32	Wyoming	$161,750	92.7	30	0.70×
33	New Mexico	$96,170	92.2	170	1.14×
34	Arkansas	$75,600	86.9	150	0.67×

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 radiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for radiologists

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	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$745,230	104.8	30	0.10×
2	Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$669,020	90.6	50	1.52×
3	Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	$592,050	88.4	60	2.30×
4	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$581,510	104.5	—	—
5	Portland-South Portland, ME	$578,230	101.9	—	—
6	Bismarck, ND	$553,140	91.0	30	2.68×
7	Bangor, ME	$550,480	96.5	—	—
8	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$525,930	103.3	—	—
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$488,670	113.6	310	0.29×
10	Charleston, WV	$482,670	88.7	60	3.23×
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$479,910	103.6	—	—
12	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$475,440	101.4	70	0.29×
13	St. Louis, MO-IL	$468,860	95.1	170	0.73×
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$465,780	112.6	1,950	1.19×
15	Barnstable Town, MA	$453,700	98.4	—	—
16	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$452,940	102.6	550	1.10×
17	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$449,940	100.9	300	2.10×
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$448,040	101.8	—	—
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$443,020	108.9	—	—
20	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$430,600	100.3	—	—
21	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$410,170	100.9	190	0.76×
22	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$409,740	108.3	—	—
23	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$398,680	94.7	—	—
24	Jacksonville, FL	$384,990	99.5	80	0.64×
25	York-Hanover, PA	$384,290	96.0	110	3.47×
26	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$344,270	105.8	340	1.23×
27	Greenville, NC	$322,720	88.4	—	—
28	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$318,300	95.8	120	1.30×
29	Winston-Salem, NC	$317,250	92.0	—	—
30	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$287,990	95.4	290	1.51×
31	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$279,990	93.1	—	—
32	Columbus, OH	$269,430	95.5	—	—
33	New Haven, CT	$194,570	104.6	50	0.94×
34	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$156,800	103.1	770	1.10×
35	Madison, WI	$135,040	97.3	90	1.34×
36	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$131,470	98.6	500	0.89×
37	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$124,470	102.7	40	0.40×
38	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$112,790	92.9	120	2.52×
39	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$106,000	115.6	160	0.38×
40	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$104,190	99.6	60	0.75×

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 radiologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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