Outlook

• The employment of physicians will grow by 22 percent during the decade from 2008 to 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This growth is much faster than the 10 percent increase expected for all occupations over this time period. The increase in the number of elderly patients will continue to drive the increase in the employment of radiologists. Radiologists typically need board certification in radiology to obtain positions with the highest salaries.
  
  

National Salaries

• The BLS states that physicians earned an average of $180,870 per year as of 2010. The bottom 10 percent earned an average of $53,510 per year and the bottom quarter of radiologists had annual salaries averaging $111,830.
  
  

Radiation Therapists

• The average annual starting salary for radiologists who perform radiation therapy is $344,000 and the average for all of these radiologists is $413,518 in 2011, according to MomMD. Radiation therapists in the western part of the U.S. earn an average of $452,813 per year and the average for radiation therapists in the southern part of the U.S. is $432,997 per year. Radiation therapists in the northern part of the U.S. make $415,250 per year on average, and those in the eastern part of the U.S. earn an annual salary averaging $357,565 per year.
  
  

State Salaries

• The average annual salary for all radiologists in New York was $145,500 in 2009, according to O*NET Online. Radiologists in California earned an average salary of $166,400 per year and those in Illinois earned an average of $151,800 per year. The average annual salary for radiologists in Texas was $166,400 and Florida's radiologists made an average of $166,400 per year.