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Radiology Tech: 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.

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Updated Oct 24, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of radiology teches earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$80,110
Hourly
$38.52
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Radiology Teches take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. The median pay is $80,110 a year ($38.52 an hour) (BLS, May 2025).

Median pay
$80,110
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
230,490
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 3 of 5
medium preparation

Data Government data groups this job as Radiologic Technologists and Technicians (O*NET-SOC 29-2034.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

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The work

What radiology teches do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Explain procedures and observe patients to ensure safety and comfort during scan.
  2. Process exposed radiographs using film processors or computer generated methods.
  3. Record, process, and maintain patient data or treatment records and prepare reports.
  4. Prepare contrast material, radiopharmaceuticals, or anesthetic or antispasmodic drugs under the direction of a radiologist.
  5. Complete quality control activities, monitor equipment operation, and report malfunctioning equipment to supervisor.
  6. Position patient on examining table and set up and adjust equipment to obtain optimum view of specific body area as requested by physician.
  7. Review and evaluate developed x-rays, video tape, or computer-generated information to determine if images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes.
  8. Determine patients' x-ray needs by reading requests or instructions from physicians.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Reading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreSocial PerceptivenesscoreService OrientationSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringOperations MonitoringOperation and Control

Knowledge areas: English Language, Medicine and Dentistry, Customer and Personal Service, Biology, Physics, Computers and Electronics.

Tools and technology

Software radiology teches use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Diagnostic and procedural coding softwareCategorization or classification software
  • Diagnostic image review softwareMedical software
  • Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM software/modality management softwareMedical software
  • Electronic medical record EMR softwareMedical software
  • Film processor tracking and management softwareMedical software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMRMedical software
  • GE Healthcare ViewPoint SolutionsMedical software
  • Information management subsystem softwareMedical software
  • Information systems integration softwareInformation retrieval or search software
  • Internet or intranet image distribution softwareMedical software

Also called: Xray Tech, Rad Tech, X Ray Tech, Radiology Technician, CT Tech (Computed Tomography Technologist), Mammographer, Multimodality Technologist, Radiographer.

Method

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 correlation between the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level, subtract the average across all occupations, and correlate the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 or below means unrelated. Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. 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.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).