Radiology technicians can start earning decent wages after they complete training.
Radiology technicians often are the first medical professionals to spot cancer cells and other illnesses developing in patients. They take X-rays, then work with physicians to diagnose the X-ray scans. The salaries technicians earn in Texas depend on the industries they work in as well as their experience.
What Texas Radiology Technicians Earn
Radiology technicians employed in Texas earned an average annual salary of $56,000 as of 2010, according to Radiology Schools. Annual salary increases that radiology technicians received ranged from 2 to 4 percent. Additionally, some employers pay their technicians bonuses; average bonuses paid to technicians in Texas are $4,403. Technicians who perform ultrasounds earned about $59,000 while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technicians took home approximately $60,000 a year.
Top-Paying Cities in Texas
Radiology Schools reports that Dallas' employers paid radiology technicians the highest wages in the state. Technicians who worked in Dallas as of 2010 took home approximately $55,800 a year. McAllen employers paid its technicians $54,350 a year, while working in Fort Worth helped radiology technicians to earn about $54,050 a year.
National Salaries
Annual salaries for radiology technicians ranged from $35,700 up to $75,440 as of May 2009, according to the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The median annual salary that technicians earned was $53,240. Top-paying states were Massachusetts and Nevada. They paid radiology technicians working for industries like private physicians and hospitals, clinics and employment services $68,530 and $66,420 a year, respectively. Maryland was not far behind Nevada, paying its technicians $65,820 a year. The next highest-paying states were Hawaii and the District of Columbia. Employers in these states paid radiology technicians $63,470 and $63,270 a year, respectively. Compared to average national salaries, the wages earned by Texas' technicians were comparable to those earned by technicians working in other states. However, salaries technicians earned in Texas were about $8,000 to $10,000 below what technicians earned in top-paying states.
Job Outlook for Radiology Technicians
Knowing perform a variety of scans and X-rays like magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) can help radiology technicians secure higher-paying jobs. However, across industries the BLS expects jobs for radiology technicians to grow by 17 percent from 2008 through 2018. If technicians return to school and earn undergraduate degrees, they can also increase their annual salaries.
