Highest-paying Cities for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for magnetic resonance imaging technologists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of magnetic resonance imaging technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $147,250, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for magnetic resonance imaging technologists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $132,450). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of magnetic resonance imaging technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$147,250	$111,260	30
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$132,450	$93,110	160
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$128,850	$84,830	40
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$128,180	$90,370	310
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$127,540	$78,900	170
6	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$110,420	$77,680	230
7	Olympia, Washington	$108,590	$82,350	30
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$107,110	$75,360	960
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$105,380	$78,020	370
10	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$104,630	$93,550	90
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$104,080	$81,480	280
12	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$101,600	$62,250	40
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$101,440	$73,430	1,020
14	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$101,150	$80,870	50
15	Boulder, Colorado	$100,680	$83,780	40
16	Fresno, California	$100,130	$71,360	70
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$100,040	$82,320	2,650
18	Modesto, California	$99,330	$78,660	40
19	Stockton, California	$99,030	$67,860	90
20	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$98,970	$78,580	110
21	Salem, Oregon	$98,780	$77,030	30
22	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$98,440	$76,040	30
23	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$98,390	$82,220	70
24	Visalia-Porterville, California	$96,530	$74,760	30
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$96,340	$72,740	290
26	Anchorage, Alaska	$94,560	$80,500	50
27	Danbury, Connecticut	$93,710	$60,150	40
28	Worcester, Massachusetts	$93,510	$78,030	60
29	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$92,820	$83,670	300
30	Manchester, New Hampshire	$92,720	$71,150	70
31	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$92,700	$72,900	70
32	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$92,520	$75,600	30
33	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$91,250	$60,130	340
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$90,480	$68,690	80
35	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$90,240	$78,430	890
36	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$90,090	$60,340	370
37	Springfield, Massachusetts	$90,040	$79,100	40
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,650	$61,920	780
39	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$87,810	$57,520	640
40	Chico, California	$87,530	$66,420	30
41	Tacoma, Washington	$87,500	$39,940	80
42	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$87,430	$75,080	310
43	Peabody, Massachusetts	$87,360	$66,010	60
44	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$87,310	$70,290	30
45	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$87,210	$71,020	60
46	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$86,610	$66,660	30
47	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$86,580	$76,600	520
48	Honolulu, Hawaii	$86,030	$57,710	40
49	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$85,760	$51,280	40
50	Spokane, Washington	$85,320	$63,660	50
51	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$85,110	$55,250	380
52	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$84,990	$76,760	60
53	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$84,820	$66,250	60
54	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$84,690	$78,370	50
55	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$84,560	$66,510	70
56	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$84,510	$68,550	50
57	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$84,060	$66,850	550
58	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$83,990	$58,470	760
59	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$83,820	$66,340	210
60	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$83,570	$73,690	40
61	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$83,200	$71,340	290
62	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$82,790	$66,820	30
63	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$82,790	$65,970	50
64	Syracuse, New York	$82,480	$63,850	80
65	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$82,460	$66,260	190
66	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$82,410	$66,220	30
67	Rochester, New York	$82,340	$64,980	190
68	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$82,240	$65,170	1,490
69	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$82,230	$67,540	90
70	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$82,160	$69,810	60
71	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$82,030	$38,380	70
72	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$81,950	$65,850	230
73	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$81,830	$64,180	80
74	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$81,710	$62,620	30
75	Richmond, Virginia	$81,700	$66,850	180
76	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$81,680	$59,880	170
77	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$81,600	$67,200	990
78	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$81,500	$56,460	770
79	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$81,420	$51,620	50
80	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$81,420	$60,990	160
81	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$81,400	$64,220	140
82	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$81,170	$77,910	240
83	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$81,150	$59,930	750
84	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$81,070	$64,980	220
85	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$80,900	$66,240	310
86	Dayton, Ohio	$80,660	$64,110	100
87	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$80,630	$66,510	260
88	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$80,560	$58,770	50
89	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$80,440	$67,530	320
90	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$80,290	$63,350	n/a
91	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$80,280	$63,790	40
92	Tyler, Texas	$80,080	$62,510	30
93	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$79,940	$64,080	50
94	Madison, Wisconsin	$79,910	$68,250	50
95	Tucson, Arizona	$79,870	$54,590	120
96	Charlottesville, Virginia	$79,830	$67,130	40
97	Columbus, Ohio	$79,550	$65,420	280
98	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$79,450	$62,990	160
99	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$79,450	$63,500	250
100	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$79,400	$61,920	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for magnetic resonance imaging technologists.