Health
What you can do with Radiologic Sciences
Medical imaging: X-ray, MRI, ultrasound and radiation therapy.
- Careers
- 4
- Early career
- $62,000
- Mid-career
- $80,000
- Growing fast
- 2 of 4
How these numbers work: A major does not have its own salary. Early and mid-career pay is what people who hold this degree earn at the start of their careers and midway through them. Career pay comes from the 4 careers a Radiologic Sciences degree commonly leads to, and counts everyone in those jobs, including people who have been doing them for thirty years. The two answer different questions, which is why they do not match.
The New York Fed does not report Radiologic Sciences on its own. Its early and mid-career figures here are for Medical Technicians, the broader group it places this major in.
2 of 4 careers this degree leads to are projected to grow faster than average from 2024 to 2034. Of those, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer has the most openings, about 5,800 a year.
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4 careers this degree leads to
Radiation Therapist
$105,310Administer the precise radiation treatments prescribed for cancer patients while guiding them through the course of therapy.
- Middle half of workers
- $92,060 to $126,340
- Growth
- Slower than average
- Openings a year
- 900
Work-life72Remote1- Radiation Treatment Delivery
- Patient Care
- Monitoring
- Attention to Detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
$101,370Prepare and administer radioactive tracers for diagnostic scans and therapies, operating some of medicine's most specialized imaging equipment.
- Middle half of workers
- $86,720 to $117,120
- Growth
- About average
- Openings a year
- 900
Work-life75Remote1- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Imaging
- Radiation Safety
- Monitoring
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
$96,590Capture the ultrasound images physicians rely on to see inside the body, from cardiac studies to prenatal care.
- Middle half of workers
- $80,430 to $106,930
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 5,800
Work-life74Remote1- Ultrasound Imaging
- Patient Positioning
- Anatomy
- Monitoring
MRI Technologist
$95,480Operate MRI scanners and manage patient safety around powerful magnets to capture the images radiologists read.
- Middle half of workers
- $81,040 to $106,340
- Growth
- Much faster than average
- Openings a year
- 2,600
Work-life67Remote1- MRI Operation
- Patient Screening
- Imaging Protocols
- Monitoring
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Where these pay figures come from
Early and mid-career pay is the median annual wage of full-time workers who hold a bachelor's degree in that major, ages 22 to 27 and ages 35 to 45, from 2024 data. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (IPUMS). Published as Outcomes by Major by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Career pay is the annual wage of everyone working in that occupation, not only recent graduates, so it includes people who have done the job for decades. The middle half is the 25th to the 75th percentile. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine (median and percentile annual wages May 2025; employment projections 2024-2034).
All figures are national. What you earn depends on where you work, who you work for, and how far you take the degree.