Radiology professionals who pursue additional subspecialty training and accreditation will see their efforts pay off with higher salaries, according to results from the latest round of AuntMinnie’s CompHealth SalaryScan survey.
The current edition of SalaryScan includes results from over 4,500 radiology professionals surveyed between December 2002 and January 2003. According to the data, U.S. radiologists without subspecialization made an average base salary of $306,661 and a median salary of $280,000. Adding subspecialization training in interventional radiology resulted in an 11.3% increase in salary, while earning additional MRI credentials produced a 7.4% increase.
The same holds true for radiologic technologists. RTs in the U.S. without subspecialty skills made an average base salary of $40,919. But added subspecialty training in nuclear medicine/PET boosted their salary by 43.7%, while extra MRI training produced a 26.9% increase.
There were also regional differences in salaries, with U.S. radiologists in the East South Central region (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama) earning the highest salaries. For RTs, the U.S. Pacific region (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii) was the most lucrative.
You can read our article about the SalaryScan results by clicking here. Then, find out what salaries are in your profession by going to the SalaryScan data query page, in AuntMinnie’s Job Boards at jobs.auntminnie.com.
