Radiation therapist salary

Open radiation therapist jobs post a median of $54.50 an hour, with the middle half paying $47–$66.25: about $113,400 a year full time. Measured from 193 jobs at 90 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: Radiation therapist jobs

What radiation therapists 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 193 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $21.66, the highest $120.50.

Posted on open jobs

$47–$66.25/hr

Middle half of 161 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $54.50. 35% of the 549 open radiation therapist jobs state an hourly rate. 87 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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Radiation therapist pay by employer

What each employer posts for radiation therapists, 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
Providence	$66	$37.87–$96.43	15
Sutter Health	$87.75	$65.10–$120.50	8
City of Hope California	$72.25	$58.61–$87.44	6
Mass General Brigham	$55	$43.64–$69.11	6
Mayo Clinic	$53	$37.63–$69.39	6
Stanford Health Care	$82	$66.52–$102.01	5
Inova	$56.75	$38.42–$79.07	5
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$56.25	$47–$67.83	5
BJC HealthCare	$44.50	$35.65–$56.15	5
Sentara Health	$54.75	$44.05–$65.34	4
UMass Memorial Health	$52.75	$32.76–$67.48	4
GBMC HealthCare	$50.50	$36.37–$67.89	4
American Oncology Network	$46.25	$34.62–$64.95	4
Baptist Health South Florida	$45	$21.66–$52	4
Kaiser Permanente	$94.25	$65.29–$103.47	3
Huntington Health	$74.50	$53.66–$90	3
CommonSpirit Health	$57	$30.76–$85.17	3
Integrated Medical Professionals	$54.25	$48–$60	3
Mary Washington Healthcare	$54.25	$43.48–$68.48	3
Brown University Health	$50	$37.70–$71.12	3
Advocate Health	$47.75	$38.20–$57.30	3
UPMC	$46.50	$30.16–$61.61	3
AdventHealth	$45.50	$30.45–$67.21	3
Ascension	$45.25	$34.76–$59.30	3
Essentia Health	$45	$36.01–$54.02	3
UW Medicine	$76.50	$76.45	2
RWJBarnabas Health	$64.50	$55.83–$68.37	2
Renown Health	$62	$51.16–$71.06	2
MultiCare Health System	$61.75	$47.03–$82.54	2
Riverside Health	$48.75	$38.60–$59.68	2
MU Health Care	$47.75	$37.75–$61.52	2
Uropartners	$46.75	$38.56–$60	2
VCU Health	$46	$37.50–$54.55	2
Hackensack Meridian Health	$45	$44.30–$46.64	2
Bassett Healthcare Network	$44.75	$44.81	2
Quincy Medical Group	$44	$35.17–$52.76	2
ECU Health	$43.75	$34.74–$53.16	2
Hospital Sisters Health System	$42.75	$34.21–$51.31	2
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	$36.25	$36.36	2
Bass Medical Group	$96.75	$84.77–$108.69	1

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.

Radiation therapist 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	$76.50	$67.50–$85	$80.02 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	44
Washington	$66.25	$57.25–$72	$60.52 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	12
New Jersey	$56.50	$47.75–$60.75	$62.24 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	10
Virginia	$54.50	$49.50–$57	$49.67 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	17
Massachusetts	$54.50	$52–$56.25	$51.10 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
New York	$51.50	$46.50–$54.75	$62.32 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	16
Illinois	$48	$44.75–$50	$59.91 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	13
Florida	$45.50	$44.25–$47	$48.52 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9

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).

Best-paid open radiation therapist jobs

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

Radiation Therapist Lead
Sutter Health · Santa Cruz, CA· 1w ago
$86.08–$120.50/hr
Lead Radiation Therapist
Kaiser Permanente · Roseville, CA· 4mo ago
$94.68–$103.47/hr
Staff Radiation Therapist: MR Linac, VersaHD - Per Diem
Bass Medical Group · Walnut Creek, CA· 5mo ago
$84.77–$108.69/hr
Radiation Therapist
Kaiser Permanente · Santa Clara, CA· 1mo ago
$90.16–$98.53/hr
Radiation Therapist ll
Sutter Health · Berkeley, CA· 2mo ago
$78.08–$109.30/hr
Relief Radiation Therapist - Palo Alto
Stanford Health Care · California· 3w ago
$76.97–$102.01/hr
Radiation Therapist I/II (Per Diem) - New Grads Welcome!
City of Hope California · Lancaster, CA· 6mo ago
$87.44/hr
Radiation Therapist - Pacific Cancer Care
OneOncology · Los Gatos, CA· 8mo ago
$75–$95/hr
Radiation Therapist
Montage Health · Monterey, CA· 1mo ago
$72.18–$96.52/hr
Radiation Therapist II, Palo Alto - $20K Sign-On Bonus
Stanford Health Care · Palo Alto, CA· 3mo ago
$70.52–$93.43/hr
Radiation Therapist Float
Providence · Seattle, WA· 5d ago
$64.25–$96.43/hr
Radiation Therapist - Per Diem
City of Hope California · Irvine, CA· 3d ago
$80.01/hr

Every open job: Radiation therapist 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
Radiation Therapists (29-1124)	$38.73 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$44.26 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$50.63 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$60.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)	$75.34 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)	17,070 (source: BLS OEWS, Radiation Therapists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($54.50) is $3.87 above the BLS median ($50.63 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Radiation Therapists, 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.

Radiation therapist salary: common questions

How much does a radiation therapist make an hour?

Open radiation therapist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $54.50, with the middle half between $47–$66.25 (193 jobs from 90 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 $50.63/hr ($105,310 a year) for radiation therapists in May 2025.

How much does a radiation therapist make a year?

At the posted median of $54.50 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $113,400, and the middle half to $97,800 to $137,800. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states.

Which states pay radiation therapists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($76.50), Washington ($66.25) and New Jersey ($56.50). The lowest: Florida ($45.50), Illinois ($48) and New York ($51.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay radiation therapists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Sutter Health ($87.75), Stanford Health Care ($82) and City of Hope California ($72.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

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: 193 of 549 open radiation therapist jobs (35%) 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: Radiation Therapists (SOC 29-1124), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Radiation Therapists by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Radiation Therapists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Radiation therapist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/radiation-therapist

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