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Pay · 29-2036

Medical Dosimetrists earn $147,470 a year at the midpoint

Only about 3,410 people do this work in the United States, and half of them earn more than $147,470 a year. The lowest tenth are paid about $111,670, the highest tenth about $185,450.

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$147,470median a year · United States
$70.90an hour $148,500average 3,410people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$132,08025th $147,470median $167,03075th
$111,67010th percentile $185,45090th percentile
$132,080a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$189,280best-paying state · Washington
$45,350lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+28%top state against the national median
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  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
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  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Among the best-paidNumber 25 of 788 occupations by median pay — in the top five per cent.
A short climbThe 25th percentile, $132,080, is within 10% of the median.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $189,280 in Washington and $45,350 in West Virginia — a gap of $143,930 a year.

Medical dosimetrist earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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MEDITECH softwareEpic SystemsEclipse IDEMedical condition coding software
  • Designed the arrangement of radiation fields to reduce exposure to critical patient structures, such as organs, using computers, manuals, and guides.
  • Planned the use of beam modifying devices, such as compensators, shields, and wedge filters, to ensure safe and effective delivery of radiation treatment.
  • Identified and outlined bodily structures, using imaging procedures, such as x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, or positron emission tomography.

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Ranked 25 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 97% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 23 Purchasing Managers $148,080
  2. 24 Air Traffic Controllers $148,080
  3. 25 Medical Dosimetrists $147,470
  4. 26 Public Relations Managers $146,910
  5. 27 Petroleum Engineers $144,910

Adjacent work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Medical Dosimetrists$147,470
Diagnostic medical sonographers$96,590−$50,880 Radiologic technologists$80,110−$67,360 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$64,400−$83,070 Paramedics$60,600−$86,870 Medical Records Specialists$51,140−$96,330 Veterinary technologists and technicians$47,380−$100,090

Medical dosimetrist wages in each state

The 25 states where the most people do this work, of 27 with a published figure: their medians range by 4.17 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $189,280 $152,800 $152,800 — $229,060 60
Oregon $183,990 $168,850 $168,850 — $201,990 40
New Jersey $170,650 $145,450 $145,450 — $234,140 90
New York $166,540 $131,730 $131,730 — $210,520 300
Illinois $163,860 $127,720 $127,720 — $176,290 140
Georgia $155,390 $127,320 $127,320 — $215,010 140
Florida $153,490 $123,880 $123,880 — $177,250 320
Kansas $150,670 $110,490 $110,490 — $168,730 40
North Carolina $147,830 $124,970 $124,970 — $176,360 140
Maryland $147,470 $126,400 $126,400 — $172,790 40
Indiana $144,320 $129,770 $129,770 — $198,080 60
Oklahoma $143,120 $109,650 $109,650 — $154,490 30
Pennsylvania $142,850 $106,350 $106,350 — $167,160 160
Virginia $142,830 $99,340 $99,340 — $184,990 90
Wisconsin $142,300 $113,290 $113,290 — $164,480 80
Arizona $142,090 $106,540 $106,540 — $173,440 40
Massachusetts $140,990 $111,550 $111,550 — $174,810 60
South Carolina $140,530 $100,070 $100,070 — $159,240 60
California $140,380 $58,620 $58,620 — $202,360 240
Michigan $137,970 $117,320 $117,320 — $157,910 130
Tennessee $135,530 $68,340 $68,340 — $163,100 60
Texas $134,680 $118,960 $118,960 — $174,880 330
Missouri $129,610 $110,230 $110,230 — $177,500 80
Mississippi $115,490 $82,670 $82,670 — $144,960 40
West Virginia $45,350 $44,310 $44,310 — $125,730 60

Medical dosimetrist pay rate, hourly and yearly

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What is a medical dosimetrist’s yearly income?

A medical dosimetrist makes a median of $147,470 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $132,080 and $167,030.

What is a medical dosimetrist’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $70.90 an hour; the average is $148,500 a year.

What is the starting pay for a medical dosimetrist?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $132,080 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $111,670.

Which state pays medical dosimetrists the most?

Washington, with a median of $189,280 a year.

How many people work as medical dosimetrists?

About 3,410 in the United States — number 25 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $5,570 of what medical dosimetrists earn — $147,470 a year — but not always the same spread.

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