X Ray Technician Salary by Region
A further breakdown of the number is more revealing. By location, the salaries ranged from the highs in California ($75,873), Massachusetts ($71,574), Washington, D.C. ($68,585), Connecticut ($66,471) and Oregon ($66,152), while the lowest reported salaries were in West Virginia ($45,627), South Dakota($48,902), Alabama ($49,131), Arkansas ($50,244) and North Dakota ($50,601).
X Ray Technician Salary by Discipline / Specialty
The disciplines/specialties yielding the highest compensation were medical dosimetry ($87,188)and radiation therapy ($71,461). Radiography ($52,336) was least lucrative, followed by mammography ($56,605).
X Ray Technician Benefits
However, total compensation includes more than just salary. The survey showed that mroe than 69 percent of x ray technicians surveyed had life insurance, 82 percent had health insurance, nearly 69 percent had dental insurance, more than 83 percent participated in retirement or pension programs and nearly 59 percent had tuition assistance available to them. More than 75 percent of x ray technicians reported receiving additional pay for hours worked outside a normal 40-hour work week. Of those who are paid for overtime, about 71 percent indicated that overtime pay accounted for 5 percent or less of their total annual compensation, while 5.4 percent said that it accounted for more than 20 percent of their total compensation. Forty-four percent of radiologic technologists said they are paid for being on call. Each time they are called in, they receive an average of $38.28 per hour or earn $74.26 for each session. Compared to a radiologist salary, these figures are very reasonable.
Overall, the field is growing, although not as fast as in 2004 when there was a shortage of x ray techs. However, given the current job environment, the field remains quite promising.
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6 comments:
One thing to remember is that salary ranges are all very well, but the key to maximizing your compensation is about clearly demonstrating the benefits that you can bring to an organization. A well-documented performance which provides a prospective employer with quantitative results and shows him how you solved problems or accomplished tasks is pretty tough to argue with!
Good point. But, it is worthwhile to consider salary before entering the field. Also, for new graduates, it is hard to demonstrate such competence with no true prior experience.
"The disciplines/specialties yielding the highest compensation were medical dosimetry ($87,188)and radiation therapy ($71,461)"
These are not even X-RAY TECHS...
Clearly you have no idea about the differences between MEDICAL DOSIMETRISTS who plan radiation therapy treatments, RADIATION THERAPISTS who administer radiation therapies and provide side effect consultations, and X-RAY TECHS who take x-ray/CT images of patients.
@Anonymous, the point of quoting the other salary figures was to show that xray techs are paid a competitive salary, albeit not as high as others, such as dosimetrists. The next paragraph points out that there are other benefits, such as health insurance. Sorry if the wording in the initial post was unclear.
I agree with this because before taking consideration in a career we have to think on the salary because that's really important when we have to reach our dreams.
As you will quickly find out, the amount of schooling and level of degree you earn will greatly influence how much money you can earn in this field. salary averages
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