Healthcare Practitioners

Radiologists

SOC 29-1224

Read imaging scans to diagnose conditions and guide treatment.

The job

Median pay

$421k

$217k to $506k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+3.4% projected

Openings a year

700

BLS projection

Typical education

Doctoral (MD) plus residency

Our model

AI displacement risk

Low

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

48/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

87th pct

More exposed than 87% of occupations · modeled estimate · 49th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

78/100

At a glance

Pay for Radiologists centers on a $420,860 median, $353,670 above the typical occupation we cover (more than double the Healthcare Practitioners median). Modeled AI exposure sits 64 points above that of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons. Typical entry-level education is a medical degree plus residency. Projected employment change for 2025 to 2035 is +3.4%, within a point of typical growth across the occupations we cover. Roughly 700 positions open up annually for Radiologists, counting growth and replacement, a smaller pool than most occupations here. Modeled AI exposure sits at the 87th percentile, with displacement risk rated low and works-with-AI at 48/100, tilting toward AI as a helper.

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	2,330	0.2	1.0×	$319k
New York	2,010	0.2	1.2×	$442k
Florida	1,680	0.2	1.0×	$418k
Washington	1,480	0.4	2.4×	$529k (estimated)
Pennsylvania	1,360	0.2	1.3×	$455k
Illinois	1,032 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$413k (estimated)
Wisconsin	980	0.3	1.9×	$393k
North Carolina	892 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$395k (estimated)
Georgia	832 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$335k
New Jersey	776 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$483k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Ohio	770	0.1	0.8×	$260k
California	690	0.0	0.2×	$271k
Massachusetts	683 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$427k
Indiana	680	0.2	1.2×	$431k
Virginia	628 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$376k
Tennessee	594 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$382k (estimated)
Arizona	573 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$471k
Colorado	500	0.2	1.0×	$344k
Maryland	470 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$582k
Minnesota	440	0.1	0.9×	$708k
Nevada	410	0.3	1.5×	$386k
Louisiana	402 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.2× (estimated)	$361k (estimated)
South Carolina	398 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.0× (estimated)	$174k
Alabama	396 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$328k (estimated)
Kentucky	384 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$280k
Utah	380	0.2	1.3×	$417k
Michigan	360	0.1	0.5×	$486k
West Virginia	360	0.5	3.0×	$472k
Connecticut	324 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$192k
Missouri	280	0.1	0.6×	$385k (estimated)
Kansas	266 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$180k
Oregon	230	0.1	0.7×	$574k (estimated)
New Hampshire	210	0.3	1.8×	$506k
New Mexico	170	0.2	1.1×	$96k
Delaware	160	0.3	1.9×	$473k (estimated)
Nebraska	160	0.2	0.9×	$399k (estimated)
Arkansas	150	0.1	0.7×	$76k
Idaho	140 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$410k (estimated)
Iowa	130	0.1	0.5×	$405k
Maine	123 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$556k
North Dakota	120	0.3	1.6×	$553k
Montana	110	0.2	1.3×	$360k
Oklahoma	110	0.1	0.4×	$382k (estimated)
Mississippi	100	0.1	0.5×	$324k (estimated)
Rhode Island	92 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$471k (estimated)
Washington DC	80	0.1	0.7×	$182k
Hawaii	80	0.1	0.7×	$516k (estimated)
South Dakota	70	0.2	0.9×	$586k
Alaska	59 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$514k (estimated)
Vermont	59 (estimated)	0.2 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$425k (estimated)
Wyoming	30	0.1	0.6×	$162k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,950 jobs · $466k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,210 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX770 jobs · $157k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD550 jobs · $453k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX500 jobs · $131k median
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN400 jobs
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO340 jobs · $344k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA310 jobs · $489k 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.