physician · SOC 29-1224

Radiologists

National median $420,860 / yr · 26,770 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

National median
$420,860
BLS OEWS
Top state by Score
SD
Score 80 · South Dakota
Top-paying metro
Minneapolis
$745,230 median
Top WageBench Score
80
South Dakota
Top 10 destinations
Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.
Rank Area Annual Median Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC WageBench Score
#1South Dakota$586,010$586,0100.0%8980
#2North Dakota$553,140$542,0772.0%8979
#3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$581,510$552,4355.0%77
#4Maryland$581,510$552,4355.0%10574
#5Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$745,230$694,5546.8%74
#6Minnesota$708,340$660,1736.8%9973
#7Maine$555,750$523,5175.8%9773
#8Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$525,930$512,7822.5%72
#9Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$475,440$475,4400.0%72
#10West Virginia$471,650$449,0114.8%8972

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$89,010
P25
$216,800
MEDIAN
$420,860
P75
$506,010
P90
$594,410
Hourly mean
$183
Hourly median
$202
Annual mean
$381,530
Total US jobs
26,770

Every state & metro, ranked

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Area StateMedian Take-Home State Tax COL Index NLC HPSA WageBench Score
South DakotaSD$586,010$586,0100.0%892280
North DakotaND$553,140$542,0772.0%892379
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMD$581,510$552,4355.0%2477
MarylandMD$581,510$552,4355.0%1052474
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMN$745,230$694,5546.8%1974
MinnesotaMN$708,340$660,1736.8%991973
MaineME$555,750$523,5175.8%971973
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZAZ$525,930$512,7822.5%2172
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLFL$475,440$475,4400.0%2472
West VirginiaWV$471,650$449,0114.8%892372
St. Louis, MO-ILMO$468,860$447,7614.5%2471
New HampshireNH$506,010$506,0100.0%1042070
IndianaIN$430,640$417,5053.0%932370
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDPA$452,940$439,0353.1%2170
PennsylvaniaPA$455,380$441,4003.1%982170
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FLFL$410,170$410,1700.0%2469
Salt Lake City-Murray, UTUT$449,940$429,4684.5%2069
ArizonaAZ$470,640$458,8742.5%1012169
IowaIA$405,220$389,8223.8%882169
FloridaFL$417,690$417,6900.0%1032468
Jacksonville, FLFL$384,990$384,9900.0%2468
WisconsinWI$392,610$371,8025.3%942167
UtahUT$417,250$398,2654.5%992067
Providence-Warwick, RI-MARI$448,040$426,7584.8%1767
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TXTX$398,680$398,6800.0%2367
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Not published by BLS (17) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington.
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