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Median Hospital-Based General Imaging Salaries by U.S. Region
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Average Salaries for Hospital-based Technologists Based on Their Years of Experience
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Median Base Salary by Age
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Primary Job Description N Median Mean (SD) Max Min Median $/hr* Radiology Specialty Administrator: responsible for a single non–nuclear medicine area of radiology 4 $125,000 $122,250 ($17,519) $140,000 $99,000 $55.00 Nuclear Medicine Technologist: private manufacturer 3 $120,000 $109,667 ($31,786) $135,000 $74,000 $36.50 Nuclear Medicine Technologist: self-employed 7 $120,000 $113,286 ($40,913) $160,000 $50,000 $50.00 Physician – Nuclear Medicine 1 $110,000 - - - $53.00 Clinical Supervisor – Administrator: no longer actively involved in performing routine clinical procedures 55 $108,000 $106,923 ($21,938) $175,000 $60,000 $52.86 Sales/Marketing Professional 16 $106,050 $123,069 ($55,075) $280,000 $66,000 $57.90 Radiology Administrator: responsible for all areas of radiology 66 $104,500 $109,209 ($26,424) $185,000 $70,000 $48.20 Administrative Professional 22 $97,620 $101,123 ($17,087) $140,000 $79,000 $46.75 Systems Analyst/Programmer 11 $95,600 $117,055 ($60,749) $250,000 $61,000 $44.51 Applications Specialist 25 $94,500 $95,174 ($19,393) $150,000 $55,000 $46.39 Medical/Health Physicist 19 $90,000 $92,089 ($20,661) $133,000 $61,000 $40.00 Pharmacist/Nuclear Pharmacist 2 $90,000 $90,000 ($42,426) $120,000 $60,000 $46.00 Specialty Supervisor: supervising routine clinical procedures in a specific area of nuclear medicine (cardiac, SPECT, PET, etc.) 81 $89,440 $90,378 ($20,026) $139,000 $31,968 $44.48 Educator: Nuclear Medicine Other 6 $87,750 $105,500 ($47,149) $192,000 $62,000 $43.60 Clinical Supervisor – Chief Tech: still actively involved in performing routine clinical procedures as well as having significant administrative duties 396 $86,736 $88,963 ($21,942) $180,000 $42,000 $42.35 Educator: Nuclear Medicine Classroom Instructor/Adjunct Lecturer (hired specifically to instruct students in the classroom) 4 $82,000 $81,250 ($20,288) $104,000 $57,000 $34.63 Nuclear Medicine–Related Position in the Private Sector: Other 13 $82,000 $82,096 ($17,750) $115,430 $45,324 $40.48 Other 35 $82,000 $87,790 ($22,350) $175,000 $40,000 $42.35 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: PET only – clinic/private office 88 $80,500 $82,162 ($19,084) $177,000 $50,000 $39.63 Educator: Nuclear Medicine Program Director 49 $80,000 $85,293 ($14,351) $122,934 $60,000 $41.00 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: PET only – hospital base 78 $79,450 $80,985 ($14,996) $134,000 $55,000 $39.03 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile PET – hospital/clinic base 15 $79,000 $77,371 $110,000 $48,241 $38.38 Employed – but no longer working in a nuclear medicine or radiology-related field 5 $78,000 $80,200 ($32,553) $125,000 $35,000 $36.67 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: research (NM or PET) – hospital/clinic/educational institution base 31 $78,000 $81,277 ($22,860) $160,000 $52,790 $37.51 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile NM – hospital/clinic base 19 $77,000 $74,992 ($16,883) $100,000 $47,500 $40.00 Staff Radiologic Technologist – MRI 10 $76,400 $75,368 ($21,989) $105,000 $38,400 $37.83 Pharmacy/Nuclear Pharmacy Tech 7 $75,000 $69,999 ($19,487) $99,000 $38,000 $31.00 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: cardiac only – hospital base 117 $75,000 $76,826 ($16,529) $146,000 $49,920 $38.50 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: research (NM or PET) – private research laboratory 5 $75,000 $81,840 ($27,021) $125,000 $54,000 $34.25 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: cardiac only – cardiac clinic/private office 309 $72,000 $72,568 ($16,783) $130,416 $26,000 $36.54 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: general imaging (may include some Cardiac and/or PET) – hospital base 1356 $71,254 $74,420 ($19,634) $180,000 $26,784 $36.00 Educator: Nuclear Medicine Clinical Instructor (hired specifically to instruct students in the clinical setting) 5 $71,000 $75,247 ($14,920) $98,000 $60,736 $42.05 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: general imaging – clinic/private office 136 $69,500 $70,613 ($17,946) $130,000 $23,011 $34.50 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile PET – private mobile imaging service 32 $68,320 $70,339 ($15,080) $104,000 $35,500 $34.69 Staff Nuclear Medicine Technologist: mobile NM – private mobile imaging service 25 $68,000 $76,014 ($21,554) $120,000 $50,000 $37.00 Private Sector position in another radiologic discipline (sonography, MRI, CT, radiation oncology, etc.) 3 $65,000 $78,333 ($27,538) $110,000 $60,000 $31.20 Staff Radiologic Technologist – Computed Tomography 7 $60,000 $58,343 ($13,844) $75,000 $40,000 $32.20 Staff Radiologic Technologist – General Radiography 4 $49,620 $49,310 ($11,493) $62,000 $36,000 $26.58 Staff Technologist (in another radiologic discipline not listed above) 1 $48,000 - $48,000 $48,000 $21.00 Nuclear Medicine Technologist: temporary staffing service 1 $35,000 - $35,000 $35,000 $33.00 ↵* All hourly rates were not provided by participants.
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