Highest-paying Cities for Radiologic Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for radiologic 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 radiologic technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $132,190, Vallejo-Fairfield, California is the highest paying city for radiologic technologists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $130,010). 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 radiologic technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Radiologic Technologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$132,190	$81,080	250
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$130,010	$78,180	2,340
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$124,990	$73,790	180
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$122,680	$79,550	930
5	Stockton, California	$111,270	$73,180	250
6	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$107,840	$58,050	1,240
7	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$105,230	$55,680	970
8	Modesto, California	$103,900	$54,340	230
9	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$103,070	$63,320	110
10	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$102,700	$79,370	60
11	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$102,170	$79,050	110
12	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$101,530	$63,500	210
13	Yuba City, California	$100,660	$38,420	50
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$97,690	$64,110	1,280
15	Merced, California	$97,100	$75,120	60
16	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$95,950	$64,850	580
17	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$95,050	$63,500	110
18	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$94,810	$62,730	1,760
19	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$90,960	$58,020	80
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$90,870	$68,830	100
21	Redding, California	$89,130	$62,620	120
22	Fresno, California	$88,860	$60,440	490
23	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$87,840	$50,180	6,400
24	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$87,430	$59,230	350
25	Napa, California	$87,210	$58,120	80
26	El Centro, California	$87,030	$67,280	60
27	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$85,290	$64,430	1,270
28	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$85,040	$51,160	110
29	Danbury, Connecticut	$84,550	$62,940	90
30	Olympia, Washington	$84,540	$63,520	110
31	Salinas, California	$84,490	$30,940	180
32	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$84,180	$42,920	1,340
33	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$83,760	$64,390	120
34	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$83,370	$66,120	1,980
35	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$83,120	$62,330	3,710
36	Carson City, Nevada	$82,970	$55,870	70
37	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$82,950	$62,470	170
38	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,480	$64,400	12,620
39	Boulder, Colorado	$82,460	$53,150	230
40	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$82,280	$62,680	100
41	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$82,150	$57,300	150
42	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$82,020	$60,750	150
43	Visalia-Porterville, California	$81,960	$62,150	160
44	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$81,920	$62,080	70
45	Albany, Oregon	$81,870	$59,950	60
46	Kingston, New York	$81,740	$58,240	50
47	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$81,520	$62,850	3,360
48	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$81,400	$67,280	50
49	Chico, California	$81,250	$47,260	120
50	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$81,030	$65,600	60
51	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$81,000	$60,380	140
52	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$80,970	$60,870	370
53	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$80,480	$56,390	50
54	Prescott, Arizona	$80,280	$56,740	80
55	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$80,130	$55,280	140
56	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$80,010	$64,120	70
57	Salem, Oregon	$80,000	$65,570	190
58	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$79,820	$61,970	80
59	Medford, Oregon	$79,250	$51,730	160
60	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$78,500	$59,800	70
61	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,360	$59,520	2,200
62	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$78,230	$60,110	180
63	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$78,190	$61,950	80
64	Longview, Washington	$78,120	$64,940	40
65	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$77,970	$61,940	500
66	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$77,970	$52,890	1,980
67	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$77,880	$54,850	210
68	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$77,840	$52,720	50
69	Anchorage, Alaska	$77,650	$61,460	200
70	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$77,580	$50,770	300
71	Rochester, Minnesota	$77,310	$63,700	810
72	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$77,280	$47,830	180
73	Bend, Oregon	$77,280	$60,400	110
74	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$77,230	$53,980	1,070
75	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,070	$52,270	360
76	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$76,950	$59,880	720
77	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$76,930	$45,910	1,370
78	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$76,470	$55,820	70
79	New Haven, Connecticut	$76,210	$62,060	510
80	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$75,780	$56,420	150
81	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$75,740	$62,170	340
82	Kokomo, Indiana	$75,670	$57,300	80
83	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$75,640	$44,980	4,500
84	Manchester, New Hampshire	$75,590	$58,150	230
85	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$75,510	$53,100	140
86	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$75,410	$52,350	2,360
87	Fairbanks, Alaska	$75,320	$59,640	60
88	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$75,320	$57,010	1,660
89	Ocean City, New Jersey	$75,210	$60,100	50
90	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$75,130	$53,840	60
91	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$75,110	$56,460	180
92	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$75,060	$57,520	1,390
93	Walla Walla, Washington	$75,030	$56,870	40
94	Topeka, Kansas	$74,980	$46,890	170
95	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$74,860	$45,090	4,500
96	Corvallis, Oregon	$74,810	$62,720	60
97	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$74,410	$56,550	2,090
98	Bellingham, Washington	$74,100	$63,490	80
99	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$73,940	$47,320	140
100	Waterbury, Connecticut	$73,920	$60,420	170

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for radiologic technologists.