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Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

SOC 29-2034 · 2024-2034

Take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. Includes radiologic technologists and technicians who specialize in other scanning modalities.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$124,654per year
Projected openings
15,070
Projected change
+16.7%
Usually needs
Associate's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Listening
  2. Social Perceptiveness
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Service Orientation
  5. Speaking
  6. Monitoring

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$173,614150
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$161,441600
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$140,532550
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$139,41090
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$137,233950
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$136,440110
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$134,262870
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$129,609170
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$127,75060
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$113,02060
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$109,898180
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$109,6201,030
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$108,52140
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$108,01860
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$106,066400
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$105,89260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$105,2253,040
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$104,7621,220
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$104,3931,090
Salinas MSA (Monterey County)$103,72480
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$102,944210
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$101,63970
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$101,63980
Merced MSA (Merced County)$100,40750
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$100,407190
Chico MSA (Butte County)$98,40470
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$91,224260
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$88,23530

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians$80,3584,280+15.5%
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers$132,1288,010+23.1%
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists$127,4712,720+18.4%
Radiation Therapists$171,1091,000+11.8%
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$62,08022,750+14.3%
Nuclear Medicine Technologists$166,9251,090+17.6%

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