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MRI Technologists

SOC 29-2035

Operate MRI scanners to produce detailed images of soft tissue.

The job
Median pay
$95k
$81k to $106k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.7% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Associate's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
51st pct
More exposed than 51% of occupations · modeled estimate · 25th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
62/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California3,5700.20.7×$124k
New York3,2400.31.2×$113k
Texas2,9300.20.8×$97k
Florida2,8600.31.0×$84k
Illinois2,7600.51.6×$95k
Pennsylvania2,2500.41.3×$91k
Ohio1,8400.31.2×$88k
Georgia1,8000.41.3×$92k
Massachusetts1,4900.41.5×$111k
Tennessee1,3500.41.5×$79k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan1,2700.31.0×$85k
New Jersey1,2500.31.1×$104k
North Carolina1,1800.20.9×$85k
Virginia1,0700.30.9×$99k
Missouri1,0400.41.3×$83k
Indiana1,0300.31.1×$87k
Washington9600.31.0×$123k
Maryland7700.31.0×$105k
Arizona7300.20.8×$101k
South Carolina7300.31.1×$84k
Minnesota7100.20.9×$101k
Colorado6700.20.8×$105k
Kentucky6500.31.2×$82k
Wisconsin5300.20.7×$95k
Louisiana5100.30.9×$78k
Oregon5100.30.9×$122k
Alabama4900.20.8×$79k
Connecticut4500.30.9×$106k
Oklahoma4000.20.8×$87k
Arkansas3800.31.0×$79k
Nevada3400.20.8×$98k
Kansas3300.20.8×$83k
Utah3000.20.6×$91k
Nebraska2900.31.0×$83k
New Hampshire2700.41.4×$105k
Mississippi2500.20.8×$72k
Iowa2200.10.5×$81k
Maine2100.31.2×$94k
South Dakota2100.51.6×$77k
West Virginia1900.31.0×$80k
Delaware1700.41.3×$104k
Idaho1700.20.7×$102k
Washington DC1500.20.8×$129k
Montana1500.31.1×$87k
Hawaii1400.20.8×$119k
New Mexico1400.20.6×$88k
Rhode Island1400.31.0×$105k
Alaska1000.31.1×$121k
North Dakota700.20.6×$81k
Wyoming700.20.9×$92k
Vermont600.20.7×$103k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,020 jobs · $118k median
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,930 jobs · $101k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,290 jobs · $110k median
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,160 jobs · $124k median
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,160 jobs · $99k median
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,010 jobs · $100k median
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX950 jobs · $102k median
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX820 jobs · $103k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.