MRI technologist salary

Open MRI technologist jobs post a median of $49 an hour, with the middle half paying $43.75–$56.75: about $101,900 a year full time. Measured from 468 jobs at 154 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: MRI technologist jobs

What MRI technologists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 468 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $16, the highest $110.

Posted on open jobs

$43.75–$56.75/hr

Middle half of 312 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $49. 29% of the 1,640 open MRI technologist jobs state an hourly rate. 325 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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MRI technologist pay by employer

What each employer posts for MRI technologists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions	$57.50	$45.14–$81.90	27
BJC HealthCare	$41.25	$33–$51.98	15
University of Rochester Medical Center	$37.50	$32–$45.68	15
Kaiser Permanente	$80.50	$59–$94.08	13
Baptist Health South Florida	$45	$16–$54.51	13
Northwestern Medicine	$47	$19.61–$55.55	12
Atlantic Health	$51.50	$40–$73.56	11
Boston Medical Center	$55.50	$34.38–$72.62	9
UPMC	$41.25	$32.83–$56.83	9
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$59.75	$21–$72.81	8
Brown University Health	$52.50	$39.56–$75.58	8
Sentara Health	$51.50	$41.24–$61.82	8
RadNet	$48.75	$25–$75	8
Emory Healthcare	$38.50	$38.52–$43.91	8
Sutter Health	$88.25	$63.25–$104.89	7
CommonSpirit Health	$55.50	$31.53–$80.25	7
Fairview Health Services	$47.25	$36.12–$58.32	7
Northwell Health	$63.25	$45–$85	6
Providence	$61	$37.69–$90.04	6
RWJBarnabas Health	$56.50	$48.50–$62.27	6
Mary Washington Healthcare	$49.25	$39.44–$59.15	6
Ascension	$45	$34.72–$89.28	6
UnitedHealth Group	$40.50	$28.27–$63.90	6
HealthPartners	$49.75	$41.51–$66.83	5
Allina Health	$48.50	$39.85–$58.24	5
MU Health Care	$45.50	$32.82–$57.60	5
VCU Health	$41.25	$34–$48.70	5
Lee Health	$36.75	$28.94–$45.73	5
Mount Sinai Health System	$61.50	$57.73–$65.24	4
MultiCare Health System	$53.75	$42.15–$65.23	4
Sturdy Health	$51.50	$40.39–$62.82	4
Endeavor Health	$46.50	$36.42–$56.45	4
Advocate Health	$45.50	$35.50–$61.65	4
Hackensack Meridian Health	$44.75	$43.82–$46.64	4
Rochester Regional Health	$44	$34.25–$55.62	4
OSF HealthCare	$43.50	$36.39–$55.04	4
Cedars-Sinai	$43.25	$25–$78.58	4
Mercyhealth	$43	$34.45–$51.68	4
UAB Medicine	$41.25	$30.70–$52.40	4
Avera Health	$41	$32.25–$51.25	4

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

MRI technologist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
California	$74.50	$60–$81.25	$59.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	45
Oregon	$59.25	$56.25–$61.50	$58.62 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Washington	$57.50	$52.75–$73.25	$59.01 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	20
Massachusetts	$55.25	$51.50–$59	$53.17 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	37
New York	$54.50	$46–$64.25	$54.46 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	52
New Jersey	$51.25	$46.75–$55	$49.96 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	37
Colorado	$49	$45.50–$52	$50.66 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Maryland	$48.50	$41.75–$55	$50.59 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	11
Minnesota	$48	$46.25–$49.75	$48.51 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	21
Texas	$47.75	$40.50–$52.25	$46.53 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10
North Carolina	$46.50	$42–$51.50	$40.93 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	12
Florida	$45.50	$44.25–$49.25	$40.55 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	39
Illinois	$45.25	$41.50–$47.75	$45.86 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	40
Virginia	$44.75	$42.75–$50	$47.42 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	29
Wisconsin	$44.25	$43–$45.75	$45.54 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Missouri	$43.25	$40–$45.50	$39.96 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	23
Georgia	$41.50	$39–$49.25	$44.26 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Night shift MRI technologist pay

Where one employer posts both night and other MRI technologist jobs in the same state (15 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, state	Night jobs, median	Other jobs, median
BJC HealthCare, MO	$41.25 (1)	$41.25 (12)
Northwestern Medicine, IL	$47 (1)	$47 (11)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, FL	$50 (2)	$51 (8)
Emory Healthcare, GA	$38.50 (1)	$38.50 (7)
VCU Health, VA	$41.25 (1)	$41.25 (4)
Cedars-Sinai, CA	$63.75 (1)	$29.50 (3)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, TX	$57.50 (3)	$51 (1)
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, NC	$59.50 (1)	$54 (3)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

MRI technologist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

6 open jobs from 4 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $108,100, the middle half $98,300 to $115,200, from $34,820 to $131,414 posted.

Best-paid open MRI technologist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Staff/Senior/Principal MRI Technologist
UCSF Health · Oakland, CA· 1mo ago
$74.58–$110/hr
MRI/CT Technologist III
Sutter Health · Palo Alto, Dublin and 1 more, CA· 3w ago
$74.93–$104.89/hr
MRI Tech III
Sutter Health · Burlingame, CA· 1mo ago
$73.46–$102.84/hr
Staff / Sr. MRI Technologist
UCSF Health · San Francisco, CA· 1mo ago
$74.58–$101.25/hr
Diagnostic Imaging Technologist-MRI-Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente · Los Angeles, CA· 1mo ago
$83.13–$89.91/hr
MRI Technologist - 0.6 - Days - Imaging - MRI @ MV
El Camino Health · Mountain View, CA· 1mo ago
$75.56–$95.92/hr
MRI Technologist - 0.7 - Nights - Imaging - MRI @ MV
El Camino Health · Mountain View, CA· 1mo ago
$75.56–$95.92/hr
MRI Technologist II
Kaiser Permanente · Roseville, Santa Rosa and 2 more, CA· 1mo ago
$81.99–$87.01/hr
MRI Technician, MRI, Full-Time, Days
MarinHealth · Greenbrae, CA· 3d ago
$72.44–$95.52/hr
MRI Technologist - Local/Internal Traveler
Southcoast Health System · Fall River, MA· 5d ago
$83.83/hr
Tech: MRI - Contract - Days - Somerset, KY
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions · Somerset, KY· 1w ago
$78.75–$81.9/hr
Tech: MRI - Contract - Nights - Somerset, KY
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions · Somerset, KY· 1w ago
$78.75–$81.9/hr

Every open job: MRI technologist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (29-2035)	$33.12 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)	$38.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)	$45.91 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)	$51.12 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)	$61.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)	43,390 (source: BLS OEWS, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($49) is $3.09 above the BLS median ($45.91 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

MRI technologist salary: common questions

How much does an MRI technologist make an hour?

Open MRI technologist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $49, with the middle half between $43.75–$56.75 (468 jobs from 154 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $45.91/hr ($95,480 a year) for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in May 2025.

How much does an MRI technologist make a year?

At the posted median of $49 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $101,900, and the middle half to $91,000 to $118,000. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 6 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $108,100.

Which states pay MRI technologists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($74.50), Oregon ($59.25) and Washington ($57.50). The lowest: Georgia ($41.50), Missouri ($43.25) and Wisconsin ($44.25). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay MRI technologists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Sutter Health ($88.25), Kaiser Permanente ($80.50) and Northwell Health ($63.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Do night shift MRI technologists earn more?

Not in the base rate employers post: where one employer posts both night and other MRI technologist jobs in the same state (15 such employers and states), the median gap is $0. Most state their night differential separately in the posting.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 468 of 1,640 open MRI technologist jobs (29%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (SOC 29-2035), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). MRI technologist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/mri-technologist

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