Highest-paying Cities for Radiation Therapists

The top 100 highest paying cities for radiation therapists (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 radiation therapists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $175,710, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for radiation therapists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $165,620). 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 radiation therapists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Radiation Therapists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$175,710	$136,820	150
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$165,620	$134,700	70
3	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$163,500	$133,860	60
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$139,480	$94,460	50
5	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$135,310	$111,030	100
6	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$134,360	$93,900	90
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$128,860	$83,320	290
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$121,200	$86,960	1,190
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$121,140	$77,740	30
10	Spokane, Washington	$116,790	$78,020	n/a
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$114,150	$57,110	60
12	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$113,540	$89,540	40
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$112,890	$88,060	190
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$111,430	$82,380	120
15	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$110,820	$79,720	140
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$110,580	$56,720	200
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$104,100	$75,860	630
18	Boulder, Colorado	$103,730	$64,840	30
19	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$103,700	$70,450	n/a
20	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$103,500	$84,630	160
21	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$103,410	$83,940	n/a
22	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$102,700	$80,910	60
23	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$102,700	$79,910	50
24	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$102,370	$62,760	50
25	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$102,340	$79,620	150
26	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$101,340	$69,680	190
27	Salt Lake City, Utah	$100,600	$81,430	70
28	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$100,520	$71,750	50
29	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$100,460	$77,610	30
30	Springfield, Massachusetts	$100,030	$78,600	40
31	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$99,760	$75,530	420
32	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$99,320	$80,530	30
33	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$99,150	$54,730	30
34	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$98,280	$64,460	660
35	Camden, New Jersey	$97,910	$80,550	50
36	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$97,890	$71,330	390
37	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$97,580	$76,700	n/a
38	Corpus Christi, Texas	$97,230	$78,560	n/a
39	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$97,100	$72,150	270
40	Toledo, Ohio	$96,480	$57,910	80
41	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$96,470	$80,480	260
42	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$96,080	$61,670	n/a
43	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$95,640	$74,400	300
44	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$95,040	$67,720	310
45	New Haven, Connecticut	$94,560	$80,420	50
46	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$94,020	$77,060	200
47	Tucson, Arizona	$93,790	$72,860	30
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$93,780	$67,140	350
49	Tallahassee, Florida	$93,040	$69,810	80
50	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$92,580	$74,160	100
51	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$92,350	$79,450	280
52	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$92,190	$64,950	50
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$92,030	$79,440	490
54	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$91,610	$61,920	30
55	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$91,470	$62,980	400
56	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$91,220	$67,290	140
57	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$91,150	$71,570	110
58	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$91,140	$68,210	n/a
59	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$89,210	$66,530	40
60	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$88,320	$60,170	140
61	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$88,180	$61,170	50
62	Gary, Indiana	$87,780	$64,900	30
63	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$87,400	$70,130	120
64	El Paso, Texas	$87,120	$56,940	n/a
65	Jackson, Mississippi	$86,950	$58,010	40
66	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$86,700	$66,020	50
67	Kansas City, Missouri	$85,730	$69,800	190
68	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$85,660	$63,050	460
69	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$85,350	$68,220	30
70	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$85,120	$66,710	n/a
71	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$85,020	$60,660	40
72	St Cloud, Minnesota	$84,930	$60,140	50
73	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$84,780	$56,360	30
74	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$84,430	$69,000	170
75	Akron, Ohio	$84,000	$59,140	60
76	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$84,000	$66,160	110
77	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$83,920	$63,400	170
78	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$83,780	$66,370	140
79	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$83,540	$61,690	50
80	Salisbury, Maryland	$83,310	$59,640	40
81	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$83,260	$69,520	130
82	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$82,820	$61,280	140
83	Syracuse, New York	$82,740	$62,660	30
84	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$82,480	$63,640	210
85	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$82,270	$58,060	50
86	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$82,160	$67,060	40
87	Richmond, Virginia	$82,140	$64,560	60
88	Madison, Wisconsin	$82,070	$67,170	70
89	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$81,840	$60,890	130
90	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$81,750	$63,530	30
91	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$81,200	$59,650	40
92	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$80,980	$68,950	60
93	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$80,950	$65,920	160
94	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$80,890	$57,260	250
95	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$80,060	$72,150	40
96	St Louis, Missouri	$80,000	$63,520	230
97	Columbus, Ohio	$79,960	$65,110	50
98	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$79,820	$62,090	100
99	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$79,810	$63,000	130
100	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$79,660	$60,830	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for radiation therapists.