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 ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Dakota | $586,010 | $586,010 | 0.0% | 89 | ✓ | 80 |
| #2 | North Dakota | $553,140 | $542,077 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 79 |
| #3 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $581,510 | $552,435 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 77 |
| #4 | Maryland | $581,510 | $552,435 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 74 |
| #5 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $745,230 | $694,554 | 6.8% | — | — | 74 |
| #6 | Minnesota | $708,340 | $660,173 | 6.8% | 99 | — | 73 |
| #7 | Maine | $555,750 | $523,517 | 5.8% | 97 | ✓ | 73 |
| #8 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $525,930 | $512,782 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 72 |
| #9 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $475,440 | $475,440 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 72 |
| #10 | West Virginia | $471,650 | $449,011 | 4.8% | 89 | ✓ | 72 |
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 | State | Median | Take-Home | State Tax | COL Index | NLC | HPSA | WageBench Score ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | SD | $586,010 | $586,010 | 0.0% | 89 | ✓ | 22 | 80 |
| North Dakota | ND | $553,140 | $542,077 | 2.0% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 79 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $581,510 | $552,435 | 5.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 77 |
| Maryland | MD | $581,510 | $552,435 | 5.0% | 105 | ✓ | 24 | 74 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | MN | $745,230 | $694,554 | 6.8% | — | — | 19 | 74 |
| Minnesota | MN | $708,340 | $660,173 | 6.8% | 99 | — | 19 | 73 |
| Maine | ME | $555,750 | $523,517 | 5.8% | 97 | ✓ | 19 | 73 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | AZ | $525,930 | $512,782 | 2.5% | — | ✓ | 21 | 72 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | FL | $475,440 | $475,440 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 72 |
| West Virginia | WV | $471,650 | $449,011 | 4.8% | 89 | ✓ | 23 | 72 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | MO | $468,860 | $447,761 | 4.5% | — | ✓ | 24 | 71 |
| New Hampshire | NH | $506,010 | $506,010 | 0.0% | 104 | ✓ | 20 | 70 |
| Indiana | IN | $430,640 | $417,505 | 3.0% | 93 | ✓ | 23 | 70 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | PA | $452,940 | $439,035 | 3.1% | — | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Pennsylvania | PA | $455,380 | $441,400 | 3.1% | 98 | ✓ | 21 | 70 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | FL | $410,170 | $410,170 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 69 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | UT | $449,940 | $429,468 | 4.5% | — | ✓ | 20 | 69 |
| Arizona | AZ | $470,640 | $458,874 | 2.5% | 101 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| Iowa | IA | $405,220 | $389,822 | 3.8% | 88 | ✓ | 21 | 69 |
| Florida | FL | $417,690 | $417,690 | 0.0% | 103 | ✓ | 24 | 68 |
| Jacksonville, FL | FL | $384,990 | $384,990 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 24 | 68 |
| Wisconsin | WI | $392,610 | $371,802 | 5.3% | 94 | ✓ | 21 | 67 |
| Utah | UT | $417,250 | $398,265 | 4.5% | 99 | ✓ | 20 | 67 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | RI | $448,040 | $426,758 | 4.8% | — | ✓ | 17 | 67 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | TX | $398,680 | $398,680 | 0.0% | — | ✓ | 23 | 67 |
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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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