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- FIGURE 1.
Salary/experience analysis shows salary increases with experience in the early years, but the range of increase is narrow and levels out after 20 years on the job.
- FIGURE 2.
Age/salary analysis shows salary compression over years-of-experience.
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Median Mean Maximum Minimum n Median $/h Self-employed $92,500 $100,121 $245,505 $29,000 33 $44.47 Administrator $78,348 $78,467 $175,000 $40,000 164 $37.67 Specialty supervisor $72,779 $73,790 $110,000 $45,000 169 $34.99 Research, private research institution $72,000 $69,054 $97,000 $30,000 15 $34.62 Mobile PET, hospital-based $71,850 $69,047 $80,000 $53,997 10 $34.54 Chief technologist $71,250 $72,488 $190,000 $30,000 524 $34.25 PET-only, private office $70,000 $72,049 $120,000 $40,000 130 $33.65 Mobile PET, private imaging service $69,424 $70,115 $160,000 $41,000 88 $33.38 Program director $67,000 $67,895 $110,500 $50,000 46 $32.21 Temporary staffing service $66,560 $68,273 $90,000 $48,000 35 $32.00 Research, hospital-based $63,000 $64,218 $98,000 $34,142 31 $30.29 PET-only, hospital-based $62,868 $66,079 $97,700 $40,000 57 $30.23 Cardiac-only, hospital based $62,212 $64,318 $148,000 $42,806 93 $29.91 Cardiac-only, private office $62,000 $64,446 $160,000 $24,000 705 $29.81 Mobile nm, private imaging service $61,200 $64,646 $88,400 $42,000 42 $29.42 Classroom instructor $60,550 $64,759 $120,100 $25,000 36 $29.11 General imaging, private office $60,000 $61,801 $149,000 $27,000 248 $28.85 General imaging, hospital-based $58,968 $59,818 $115,000 $20,984 1953 $28.35 Mobile nm, hospital-based $57,600 $57,576 $75,300 $36,000 17 $27.69 Clinical instructor $55,000 $61,556 $78,000 $49,000 9 $26.44 Overall $62,700 $65,538 $245,505 $20,984 4,405 $30.14 Median Mean Maximum Minimum n Median $/h Cardiac-only, hospital-based $62,212 $64,318 $148,000 $42,806 93 $29.91 Cardiac-only, private office $62,000 $64,446 $160,000 $24,000 705 $29.81 Combined $62,065 $64,431 $160,000 $24,000 798 $29.84 Median Mean Maximum Minimum n Median $/h PET-only, hospital-based $62,868 $66,079 $97,700 $40,000 57 $30.23 PET-only, private office $70,000 $72,049 $120,000 $40,000 130 $33.65 Mobile PET, hospital-based $71,850 $69,047 $80,000 $53,997 10 $34.54 Mobile PET, private imaging service $69,424 $70,115 $160,000 $41,000 88 $33.38 Combined $69,000 $70,153 $160,000 $40,000 285 $33.17 Median Mean Maximum Minimum n General imaging $52,000 $53,315 $97,000 $25,500 509 Cardiac $56,000 $57,081 $140,000 $24,000 121 PET $59,000 $61,320 $82,500 $40,000 51 Overall $53,000 $57,081 $140,000 $24,000 681 Median Mean High Low n Suburban $61,110 $62,035 $110,240 $27,900 395 Urban $60,185 $61,852 $115,000 $25,500 652 Small city $56,181 $57,811 $106,080 $30,000 568 Rural town $55,000 $56,546 $100,000 $20,984 311 Rank State Median Mean High Low n 1 California $80,000 $80,776 $115,000 $48,000 98 2 District of Columbia $80,000 $75,555 $91,000 $51,000 7 3 Nevada $74,500 $78,069 $110,240 $53,840 11 4 Rhode Island $71,450 $71,992 $92,000 $56,000 12 5 Connecticut $70,000 $70,588 $97,000 $53,049 30 6 Massachusetts $69,899 $68,321 $87,000 $45,000 43 7 New Jersey $68,650 $69,237 $86,840 $30,000 50 8 Oregon $66,560 $64,423 $76,500 $44,000 19 9 Hawaii $64,000 $63,196 $80,000 $43,000 7 10 Maryland $63,440 $63,620 $88,000 $38,500 41 11 Georgia $63,050 $62,983 $88,770 $40,000 36 12 Washington $63,039 $62,663 $86,000 $40,000 34 13 Colorado $62,250 $63,227 $79,000 $52,000 21 14 Idaho $61,921 $60,778 $75,000 $42,500 5 15 Utah $61,880 $58,263 $72,000 $40,500 8 16 Iowa $61,076 $60,607 $80,000 $45,000 34 17 Arizona $60,570 $63,738 $79,200 $49,920 15 18 Indiana $60,000 $60,406 $83,200 $40,000 52 19 Texas $60,000 $59,639 $100,000 $27,900 93 20 Wisconsin $60,000 $59,867 $90,000 $43,000 77 21 Kansas $59,600 $57,958 $68,000 $45,801 20 22 Illinois $59,378 $60,855 $93,000 $38,272 78 23 New York $58,656 $59,264 $86,650 $41,000 100 24 Louisiana $58,500 $59,875 $85,100 $43,680 28 25 Missouri $58,365 $58,654 $79,800 $37,000 60 26 Florida $58,200 $58,416 $89,500 $38,160 103 27 South Carolina $57,943 $58,188 $88,000 $41,600 32 28 New Hampshire $57,810 $59,282 $82,000 $47,700 10 29 Montana $57,190 $56,528 $68,000 $44,000 10 30 Michigan $57,167 $57,468 $74,880 $38,000 84 31 Oklahoma $57,000 $55,181 $69,867 $42,000 17 32 Minnesota $56,560 $60,829 $80,000 $49,000 18 33 Wyoming $56,160 $55,144 $59,400 $50,900 5 34 Maine $55,162 $55,889 $67,600 $45,385 11 35 Alabama $55,000 $54,432 $73,000 $45,500 17 36 Alaska $55,000 $62,882 $78,645 $55,000 3 37 New Mexico $55,000 $55,383 $78,125 $25,500 7 38 Ohio $55,000 $55,222 $80,000 $31,000 128 39 Tennessee $55,000 $57,200 $94,000 $40,000 67 40 Delaware $54,746 $57,796 $73,000 $48,880 8 41 Arkansas $54,000 $57,919 $75,300 $43,776 25 42 Mississippi $54,000 $55,425 $75,000 $42,000 26 43 North Carolina $53,955 $55,035 $80,000 $30,000 83 44 Virginia $53,803 $55,939 $90,000 $36,200 53 45 Vermont $53,690 $52,850 $62,000 $42,000 6 46 Pennsylvania $53,000 $54,081 $91,200 $30,000 157 47 Kentucky $52,000 $52,398 $80,000 $40,000 36 48 North Dakota $52,000 $52,890 $59,100 $49,753 7 49 South Dakota $51,350 $50,975 $61,464 $41,568 16 50 Nebraska $49,250 $50,820 $64,500 $41,600 14 51 West Virginia $47,100 $46,951 $64,000 $30,000 23 52 Puerto Rico $32,000 $32,997 $46,996 $20,984 6 National $58,968 $59,818 $115,000 $20,984 1953 Median Mean High Low n The Pacific States (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) $72,000 $73,923 $115,000 $40,000 161 The North East (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT) $62,950 $63,068 $97,000 $41,000 212 The Rocky Mountain States (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY) $60,000 $61,224 $110,240 $25,500 82 The Oil Patch States (AR, LA, OK, TX) $58,060 $58,951 $100,000 $27,900 163 The Industrial Mid-West (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) $57,928 $58,218 $93,000 $31,000 419 The Plains States (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, SD) $57,000 $57,900 $80,000 $41,568 155 The Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA) $56,500 $57,769 $91,200 $30,000 339 The South (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) $55,450 $56,998 $94,000 $30,000 400 Years of experience Median Mean Maximum Minimum n Entry level $49,920 $50,821 $80,000 $25,500 156 5 $59,390 $57,999 $97,344 $33,300 90 10 $61,300 $62,592 $101,920 $29,000 69 15 $62,000 $64,203 $115,000 $40,000 73 20 $66,000 $65,615 $93,600 $40,000 61 25 $65,000 $65,129 $97,000 $38,500 46 30 $63,500 $65,118 $100,000 $38,215 51 35 $63,024 $64,133 $92,000 $40,000 21 Male (n) Female (n) Gender left blank (n) Combined American Indian or Alaskan Native $77,650 (14) $63,000 (19) $66,000 African-American and Black $62,050 (88) $59,500 (67) $53,061 (2) $60,320 Asian or Pacific Islander $70,000 (135) $63,825 (110) $67,000 Latino or Hispanic $66,425 (86) $57,000 (91) $110,000 (1) $60,750 White $66,550 (1569) $60,360 (2316) $63,900 (8) $62,500 Ethnicity left blank $69,200 (50) $59,280 (56) $65,000 Combined $66,560 (1942) $60,320 (2659) $56,904 (11) $62,700 Median Mean Max Min n Male $60,125 $62,141 $115,000 $29,000 789 Female $57,430 $58,209 $114,400 $20,984 1159 Total 1948 Median Mean Max Min n American Indian or Alaskan Native $64,235 $64,435 $93,600 $46,072 12 African-American and Black $57,000 $60,344 $102,731 $30,000 85 Asian or Pacific Islander $62,750 $64,693 $106,080 $40,000 124 Latino or Hispanic $59,490 $60,360 $106,300 $20,984 88 White $58,281 $59,256 $115,000 $25,500 1593 Total 1902 Median Mean High Low n Median age Median graduation year High school $62,685 $64,540 $125,000 $29,000 436 52 1984 Associate's degree $60,739 $63,287 $160,000 $25,500 1554 44 1995 Bachelor's degree $62,788 $65,436 $245,505 $20,984 2206 41 1995 Master's degree $72,800 $76,371 $195,000 $30,500 351 49 1988 Doctorate $72,000 $76,672 $140,000 $48,000 34 51 1994 - TABLE 13
Annual Base Salaries for Hospital-Based General Imaging by Highest Degree Obtained
Median Mean High Low n Median age Median graduation year High school $60,000 $60,313 $107,000 $30,000 171 52 1986 Associate's degree $58,046 $59,312 $114,400 $25,500 696 43 1997 Bachelor's degree $58,628 $59,587 $115,000 $20,984 972 38 1999 Master's degree $63,580 $65,497 $100,000 $33,300 86 49 1993 Doctorate $62,950 $64,573 $97,000 $48,000 14 53 2000 Median Mean Max Min n Hospital or medical center $54,000 $56,510 $97,000 $24,000 122 Military-based $51,000 $52,508 $85,000 $30,000 13 Community college or tech school $53,760 $54,180 $80,000 $25,500 247 Four year college or university $53,000 $54,937 $99,230 $36,000 238 University-associated teaching hospital $52,000 $55,858 $140,000 $38,272 101 RTR Certified? Yes No Difference General imaging $52,000 $52,000 $0 Cardiac $57,650 $55,000 $2,650 PET $62,767 $58,790 $3,977 Overall $55,000 $52,479 $2,521
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