Radiologist Salary by State (2025 BLS Data)

Radiology is in the middle of a demand surge: imaging volumes grow every year, the subspecialty pipeline hasn't kept pace, and turnaround-time expectations keep rising. Groups compete nationally for readers — teleradiology means a practice's competition for talent is every other practice in the country — and recent years have seen strong upward pressure on radiologist pay.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program (May 2025), radiologists in the United States earn an annual mean wage of $381,530 and an annual median wage of $420,860. The median is the midpoint — half earn more, half earn less — and it is usually the safer "typical" reference because the mean gets pulled around by the highest earners.

The table below breaks the same May 2025 BLS OEWS dataset down by state.

Rank	State	Annual mean wage
1	North Dakota	$556,170
2	South Dakota	$534,640
3	Minnesota	$527,740
4	Arizona	$478,540
5	Maine	$448,540
6	New Hampshire	$447,500
7	Florida	$434,010
8	Maryland	$428,880
9	Pennsylvania	$418,720
10	Georgia	$416,100
11	Massachusetts	$391,790
12	West Virginia	$390,970
13	Wisconsin	$381,720
14	Virginia	$380,580
15	Utah	$378,420
16	Michigan	$376,210
17	New Jersey	$374,880
18	Indiana	$360,390
19	Iowa	$344,000
20	Colorado	$343,570
21	Kentucky	$338,210
22	New York	$336,460
23	Nevada	$334,320
24	Montana	$319,460
25	California	$309,990
26	Texas	$292,220
27	District of Columbia	$268,900
28	Wyoming	$266,420
29	Ohio	$264,470
30	South Carolina	$232,030
31	Connecticut	$227,700
32	Kansas	$199,480
33	Arkansas	$140,990
34	New Mexico	$127,900

Figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS annual mean wages, May 2025 (34 states/territories with published data; BLS suppresses states with samples too small to publish, and those are omitted rather than estimated).

What moves the numbers

Productivity models and teleradiology set the terms. Much of radiology pay is effectively per-study economics: RVU expectations, shift structure (including lucrative but demanding overnight coverage), and subspecialty reads like interventional, neuro, and mammography. Remote reading also blurs the state map — where you live and where your wages are counted may differ.

Local demand beats national averages. A state's figure reflects how hard its employers are competing for a limited pool. Shortage markets — often rural or rapidly growing — pay above trend and sweeten offers with bonuses and loan repayment the survey can't see.

Cost of living reshapes the ranking. Several states near the top of nominal-wage tables fall in real terms once housing and taxes are counted, and vice versa. Run any two states through our cost-of-living comparison before you conclude one offer is bigger.

Who employs you matters. Health-system employment, independent or democratic groups, academic medicine, and staffing arrangements each price the same specialty differently — in cash, in upside, and in risk.

See who's hiring. Browse open Radiology roles on VitalPost — free for clinicians, and pay is shown on a listing whenever the employer posts it.

How to read these numbers

A few caveats keep this table useful instead of misleading.

Median first, mean second. The mean is sensitive to a small number of very high earners; the median is the midpoint and usually the better proxy for a typical offer. Read both to understand the spread in your market.

One number, many jobs. Each state figure blends employers, settings, and experience levels — a first-year attending and a 25-year veteran, a rural solo practice and a flagship academic center — into a single average. Expect your own market position to move you off the line.

The survey measures wages, not packages. Bonuses, productivity incentives, call stipends, benefits, retirement match, paid time off, and loan repayment sit outside OEWS. Evaluate offers on total value.

Self-employment is invisible here. Partnership income and 1099 arrangements are not fully captured, which is one reason real-world compensation in some markets runs above what a wage survey suggests. When you negotiate, pair this federal baseline with specialty compensation surveys and real numbers from colleagues — the BLS data tells you the neighborhood; your diligence prices the house.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.
• BLS OEWS: Radiologists — the occupation series behind the table above.