29 Series · SOC 29-2035
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$88,180
per year
Median Hourly
$42.40/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$91,020
average
Employment
41,530
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$64,910
25th Percentile
$78,150
Median
$88,180
75th Percentile
$102,440
90th Percentile
$121,420
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $122,470 | +39% above national |
| 2 | Hawaii | $122,060 | +38% above national |
| 3 | Washington | $114,430 | +30% above national |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $111,260 | +26% above national |
| 5 | Oregon | $110,160 | +25% above national |
| 6 | Delaware | $106,070 | +20% above national |
| 7 | New York | $104,740 | +19% above national |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $104,430 | +18% above national |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $104,160 | +18% above national |
| 10 | Maryland | $102,760 | +17% above national |
| 11 | Alaska | $102,690 | +16% above national |
| 12 | Idaho | $102,090 | +16% above national |
| 13 | New Hampshire | $101,590 | +15% above national |
| 14 | Connecticut | $101,460 | +15% above national |
| 15 | Colorado | $100,560 | +14% above national |
| 16 | Minnesota | $99,660 | +13% above national |
| 17 | New Jersey | $99,660 | +13% above national |
| 18 | Vermont | $99,360 | +13% above national |
| 19 | Nevada | $98,930 | +12% above national |
| 20 | Arizona | $97,160 | +10% above national |
| 21 | Virginia | $95,300 | +8% above national |
| 22 | Texas | $90,090 | +2% above national |
| 23 | New Mexico | $88,530 | same as national |
| 24 | Wyoming | $88,500 | same as national |
| 25 | Illinois | $87,630 | 1% below national |
| 26 | Georgia | $87,170 | 1% below national |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $86,720 | 2% below national |
| 28 | Utah | $86,680 | 2% below national |
| 29 | Maine | $86,340 | 2% below national |
| 30 | West Virginia | $83,670 | 5% below national |
| 31 | Montana | $83,640 | 5% below national |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | $83,560 | 5% below national |
| 33 | North Carolina | $83,450 | 5% below national |
| 34 | Indiana | $82,960 | 6% below national |
| 35 | Oklahoma | $82,870 | 6% below national |
| 36 | Michigan | $81,790 | 7% below national |
| 37 | Ohio | $81,030 | 8% below national |
| 38 | Kentucky | $80,920 | 8% below national |
| 39 | South Carolina | $80,890 | 8% below national |
| 40 | Florida | $80,680 | 9% below national |
| 41 | Missouri | $80,490 | 9% below national |
| 42 | Nebraska | $79,410 | 10% below national |
| 43 | Kansas | $78,580 | 11% below national |
| 44 | Tennessee | $77,610 | 12% below national |
| 45 | North Dakota | $77,100 | 13% below national |
| 46 | Iowa | $76,340 | 13% below national |
| 47 | Alabama | $74,920 | 15% below national |
| 48 | Arkansas | $73,260 | 17% below national |
| 49 | Mississippi | $72,620 | 18% below national |
| 50 | Louisiana | $71,730 | 19% below national |
| 51 | South Dakota | $66,870 | 24% below national |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $41,960 | 52% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $170,590 | +93% above national |
| 2 | Vallejo, CA | $170,290 | +93% above national |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $147,480 | +67% above national |
| 4 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $133,870 | +52% above national |
| 5 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $125,390 | +42% above national |
| 6 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $123,850 | +40% above national |
| 7 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $122,870 | +39% above national |
| 8 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $119,760 | +36% above national |
| 9 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $118,690 | +35% above national |
| 10 | Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $118,660 | +35% above national |
| 11 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $114,380 | +30% above national |
| 12 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $112,810 | +28% above national |
| 13 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $110,590 | +25% above national |
| 14 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $110,140 | +25% above national |
| 15 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $109,480 | +24% above national |
| 16 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $107,860 | +22% above national |
| 17 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $107,460 | +22% above national |
| 18 | Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area | $106,970 | +21% above national |
| 19 | Reno, NV | $106,520 | +21% above national |
| 20 | Fresno, CA | $105,810 | +20% above national |
| 21 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $105,720 | +20% above national |
| 22 | Modesto, CA | $105,450 | +20% above national |
| 23 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $105,440 | +20% above national |
| 24 | Anchorage, AK | $104,140 | +18% above national |
| 25 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $104,060 | +18% above national |
| 26 | Boise City, ID | $103,120 | +17% above national |
| 27 | Boulder, CO | $102,660 | +16% above national |
| 28 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $101,990 | +16% above national |
| 29 | New Haven, CT | $101,670 | +15% above national |
| 30 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $101,530 | +15% above national |
| 31 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $101,400 | +15% above national |
| 32 | Reading, PA | $101,330 | +15% above national |
| 33 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $100,680 | +14% above national |
| 34 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $100,190 | +14% above national |
| 35 | Worcester, MA | $99,890 | +13% above national |
| 36 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $99,660 | +13% above national |
| 37 | Springfield, MA | $99,470 | +13% above national |
| 38 | Tucson, AZ | $99,410 | +13% above national |
| 39 | Colorado Springs, CO | $99,300 | +13% above national |
| 40 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $99,210 | +13% above national |
| 41 | Maryland nonmetropolitan area | $98,880 | +12% above national |
| 42 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $98,280 | +11% above national |
| 43 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $97,800 | +11% above national |
| 44 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $97,630 | +11% above national |
| 45 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $97,320 | +10% above national |
| 46 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $97,160 | +10% above national |
| 47 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $97,150 | +10% above national |
| 48 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $97,110 | +10% above national |
| 49 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $96,820 | +10% above national |
| 50 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $96,010 | +9% above national |
| 51 | Richmond, VA | $95,300 | +8% above national |
| 52 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $95,090 | +8% above national |
| 53 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $94,190 | +7% above national |
| 54 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $94,060 | +7% above national |
| 55 | Syracuse, NY | $93,330 | +6% above national |
| 56 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $93,250 | +6% above national |
| 57 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $92,760 | +5% above national |
| 58 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $92,320 | +5% above national |
| 59 | Duluth, MN-WI | $91,830 | +4% above national |
| 60 | Utica-Rome, NY | $91,560 | +4% above national |
| 61 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $91,200 | +3% above national |
| 62 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $91,040 | +3% above national |
| 63 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $90,430 | +3% above national |
| 64 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $90,280 | +2% above national |
| 65 | Albuquerque, NM | $89,040 | +1% above national |
| 66 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $88,750 | +1% above national |
| 67 | Madison, WI | $87,620 | 1% below national |
| 68 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $87,610 | 1% below national |
| 69 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $87,510 | 1% below national |
| 70 | Peoria, IL | $87,160 | 1% below national |
| 71 | Winston-Salem, NC | $86,980 | 1% below national |
| 72 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $86,900 | 1% below national |
| 73 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $86,390 | 2% below national |
| 74 | Tyler, TX | $86,230 | 2% below national |
| 75 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $86,160 | 2% below national |
| 76 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $85,790 | 3% below national |
| 77 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $85,330 | 3% below national |
| 78 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $85,140 | 3% below national |
| 79 | Rockford, IL | $85,060 | 4% below national |
| 80 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $85,050 | 4% below national |
| 81 | Bangor, ME | $84,730 | 4% below national |
| 82 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $84,440 | 4% below national |
| 83 | Tulsa, OK | $84,410 | 4% below national |
| 84 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $84,390 | 4% below national |
| 85 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $84,330 | 4% below national |
| 86 | Oklahoma City, OK | $84,300 | 4% below national |
| 87 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $84,290 | 4% below national |
| 88 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $84,130 | 5% below national |
| 89 | Columbus, OH | $84,020 | 5% below national |
| 90 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $83,790 | 5% below national |
| 91 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $83,720 | 5% below national |
| 92 | Ann Arbor, MI | $83,700 | 5% below national |
| 93 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $83,520 | 5% below national |
| 94 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $83,320 | 6% below national |
| 95 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $83,190 | 6% below national |
| 96 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $83,060 | 6% below national |
| 97 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $82,850 | 6% below national |
| 98 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $82,800 | 6% below national |
| 99 | Birmingham, AL | $82,740 | 6% below national |
| 100 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $82,720 | 6% below national |
| 101 | Columbia, SC | $82,560 | 6% below national |
| 102 | Green Bay, WI | $82,470 | 6% below national |
| 103 | Cleveland, OH | $82,390 | 7% below national |
| 104 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $82,360 | 7% below national |
| 105 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $82,330 | 7% below national |
| 106 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $82,290 | 7% below national |
| 107 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $82,280 | 7% below national |
| 108 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $82,250 | 7% below national |
| 109 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $82,240 | 7% below national |
| 110 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $82,130 | 7% below national |
| 111 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $82,000 | 7% below national |
| 112 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $81,850 | 7% below national |
| 113 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $81,510 | 8% below national |
| 114 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $81,490 | 8% below national |
| 115 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $81,480 | 8% below national |
| 116 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $81,480 | 8% below national |
| 117 | Ogden, UT | $81,460 | 8% below national |
| 118 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $81,270 | 8% below national |
| 119 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $80,950 | 8% below national |
| 120 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $80,920 | 8% below national |
| 121 | Lancaster, PA | $80,910 | 8% below national |
| 122 | Akron, OH | $80,880 | 8% below national |
| 123 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $80,680 | 9% below national |
| 124 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $80,580 | 9% below national |
| 125 | Springfield, IL | $80,570 | 9% below national |
| 126 | Savannah, GA | $80,410 | 9% below national |
| 127 | Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $80,200 | 9% below national |
| 128 | Greenville, NC | $80,180 | 9% below national |
| 129 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $80,170 | 9% below national |
| 130 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $80,060 | 9% below national |
| 131 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $80,060 | 9% below national |
| 132 | York-Hanover, PA | $80,000 | 9% below national |
| 133 | Jacksonville, FL | $79,910 | 9% below national |
| 134 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $79,870 | 9% below national |
| 135 | Asheville, NC | $79,830 | 9% below national |
| 136 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $79,780 | 10% below national |
| 137 | Fort Wayne, IN | $79,620 | 10% below national |
| 138 | Evansville, IN | $79,610 | 10% below national |
| 139 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $79,490 | 10% below national |
| 140 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $79,450 | 10% below national |
| 141 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $79,430 | 10% below national |
| 142 | Omaha, NE-IA | $79,420 | 10% below national |
| 143 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $79,180 | 10% below national |
| 144 | Wilmington, NC | $78,900 | 11% below national |
| 145 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $78,850 | 11% below national |
| 146 | Bloomington, IL | $78,460 | 11% below national |
| 147 | Winchester, VA-WV | $78,440 | 11% below national |
| 148 | Toledo, OH | $78,430 | 11% below national |
| 149 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $78,410 | 11% below national |
| 150 | Corpus Christi, TX | $78,380 | 11% below national |
| 151 | Rochester, NY | $78,260 | 11% below national |
| 152 | Pittsburgh, PA | $78,120 | 11% below national |
| 153 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $78,050 | 11% below national |
| 154 | Baton Rouge, LA | $77,920 | 12% below national |
| 155 | Springfield, MO | $77,810 | 12% below national |
| 156 | Spartanburg, SC | $77,680 | 12% below national |
| 157 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $77,620 | 12% below national |
| 158 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $77,550 | 12% below national |
| 159 | Fargo, ND-MN | $77,540 | 12% below national |
| 160 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $77,410 | 12% below national |
| 161 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $77,380 | 12% below national |
| 162 | Lincoln, NE | $77,360 | 12% below national |
| 163 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $77,200 | 12% below national |
| 164 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $77,040 | 13% below national |
| 165 | Billings, MT | $76,970 | 13% below national |
| 166 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $76,960 | 13% below national |
| 167 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $76,950 | 13% below national |
| 168 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $76,760 | 13% below national |
| 169 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $76,750 | 13% below national |
| 170 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $76,690 | 13% below national |
| 171 | Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $76,670 | 13% below national |
| 172 | Huntsville, AL | $76,570 | 13% below national |
| 173 | North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area | $76,550 | 13% below national |
| 174 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $76,440 | 13% below national |
| 175 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $76,400 | 13% below national |
| 176 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $76,330 | 13% below national |
| 177 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $76,280 | 13% below national |
| 178 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $76,090 | 14% below national |
| 179 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $76,010 | 14% below national |
| 180 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $75,970 | 14% below national |
| 181 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $75,690 | 14% below national |
| 182 | East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $75,640 | 14% below national |
| 183 | Columbia, MO | $75,630 | 14% below national |
| 184 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $75,170 | 15% below national |
| 185 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $75,060 | 15% below national |
| 186 | El Paso, TX | $74,880 | 15% below national |
| 187 | Joplin, MO-KS | $74,400 | 16% below national |
| 188 | Jackson, MS | $73,570 | 17% below national |
| 189 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $73,310 | 17% below national |
| 190 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $73,260 | 17% below national |
| 191 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $73,200 | 17% below national |
| 192 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $72,620 | 18% below national |
| 193 | Wichita, KS | $72,600 | 18% below national |
| 194 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $71,610 | 19% below national |
| 195 | Knoxville, TN | $71,050 | 19% below national |
| 196 | Jonesboro, AR | $71,030 | 19% below national |
| 197 | North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $70,250 | 20% below national |
| 198 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $69,700 | 21% below national |
| 199 | Mobile, AL | $68,980 | 22% below national |
| 200 | Ocala, FL | $68,860 | 22% below national |
| 201 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $68,220 | 23% below national |
| 202 | South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $68,070 | 23% below national |
| 203 | Dalton, GA | $66,980 | 24% below national |
| 204 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $66,560 | 25% below national |
| 205 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $66,360 | 25% below national |
| 206 | West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $65,320 | 26% below national |
| 207 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $64,780 | 27% below national |
| 208 | Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | $62,970 | 29% below national |
| 209 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $43,100 | 51% below national |
| 210 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $38,160 | 57% below national |