Medical Dosimetrist: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.
The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.
10% of medical dosimetrists earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $111,670
- Hourly
- $53.69
- Source
- BLS May 2025
25% of medical dosimetrists earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $132,080
- Hourly
- $63.50
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Half of medical dosimetrists earn more than this and half earn less.
- Annual
- $147,470
- Hourly
- $70.90
- Source
- BLS May 2025
75% of medical dosimetrists earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $167,030
- Hourly
- $80.31
- Source
- BLS May 2025
90% of medical dosimetrists earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $185,450
- Hourly
- $89.16
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Medical Dosimetrists generate radiation treatment plans, develop radiation dose calculations, communicate and supervise the treatment plan implementation, and consult with members of radiation oncology team. The median pay is $147,470 a year ($70.90 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (40% of workers surveyed by O*NET).
- Median pay
- $147,470
- BLS May 2025
- Employed in the U.S.
- 3,410
- BLS May 2025
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- considerable preparation
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree
- 40% of workers
Medical Dosimetrists at a glance
Medical dosimetrists in the United States earned a median annual wage of $147,470 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for medical dosimetrists in the United States.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS projects employment of medical dosimetrists in the United States to grow 5.0% from 2025 to 2035, with about 200 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS estimated that 3,410 people were employed as medical dosimetrists in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
Every page for Medical Dosimetrists
What medical dosimetrists do day to day
Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).
- Design the arrangement of radiation fields to reduce exposure to critical patient structures, such as organs, using computers, manuals, and guides.
- Plan the use of beam modifying devices, such as compensators, shields, and wedge filters, to ensure safe and effective delivery of radiation treatment.
- Identify and outline bodily structures, using imaging procedures, such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission tomography.
- Calculate the delivery of radiation treatment, such as the amount or extent of radiation per session, based on the prescribed course of radiation therapy.
- Calculate, or verify calculations of, prescribed radiation doses.
- Develop radiation treatment plans in consultation with members of the radiation oncology team.
- Supervise or perform simulations for tumor localizations, using imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission tomography scans.
- Create and transfer reference images and localization markers for treatment delivery, using image-guided radiation therapy.
Industries that employ it
Data Share of all medical dosimetrist jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix).
- Hospitals; state, local, and private58.2% of all jobs in this occupation · +4.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $147,990
- Ambulatory healthcare services30.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +5.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $153,330
- Educational services; state, local, and private4.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.3% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $144,650
Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.
Ranked by importance to the job
Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.
Knowledge areas: Mathematics, Physics, Computers and Electronics, Biology, Medicine and Dentistry, English Language.
Software medical dosimetrists use
Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.
- Epic SystemsMedical softwareIn demand
- MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
- Medical condition coding softwareMedical software
- Eclipse IDEDevelopment environment softwareIn demand
Also called: CMD (Certified Medical Dosimetrist), Dosimetrist, Medical Physicist, Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist.
How this page is built
Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.
- How a specific employer defines the job.
- Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
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- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
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