Radiologists

Median salary

$420,860

Average salary

$381,530

Employment

26,770

Projected growth

2.7% growth

Annual openings

800

Typical entry education

Doctoral or professional degree

What Radiologists Do

Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. May perform minimally invasive medical procedures and tests.

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Career Outlook

National employment outlook, 2024–2034.

Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Internship/residency
Self-employed: 4.7%

Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.

How Much Preparation Does This Take?

Job Zone 5 of 5

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Experience: Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience.
Education: Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Job training: Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Source: O*NET Job Zones.

Key Knowledge Areas

Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.

Medicine and Dentistryimportance 4.7/5
Biologyimportance 4.5/5
English Languageimportance 4.3/5
Computers and Electronicsimportance 3.9/5
Education and Trainingimportance 3.7/5
Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.6/5
Physicsimportance 3.3/5
Public Safety and Securityimportance 2.9/5

Work Environment

What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.

Telephone Conversations4.9/5
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.9/5
Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.6/5
Frequency of Decision Making4.6/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.5/5
Freedom to Make Decisions4.5/5

Careers With Similar Skills

Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.

Medical Dosimetrists97% skill match
Tellers96% skill match
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators96% skill match
Food Preparation Workers96% skill match
Registered Nurses95% skill match
Detectives and Criminal Investigators95% skill match
Transportation Inspectors95% skill match
Surgical Assistants95% skill match

Transferable Skills

Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.

Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 4.1/5
Social Perceptivenessimportance 4.0/5
Complex Problem Solvingimportance 4.0/5
Service Orientationimportance 3.6/5
Time Managementimportance 3.5/5
Instructingimportance 3.4/5
Coordinationimportance 3.3/5
Operations Monitoringimportance 3.1/5

Software & Technologies

Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.

Hot Technologies

Other Software Used

ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR
Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis
Allscripts PM
Allscripts Professional EHR
Alteer Office
Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
Avreo Radiology Workflow Solutions
Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR

Work Style

Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.

Attention to Detail
Dependability
Cautiousness
Intellectual Curiosity
Integrity
Achievement Orientation
Cooperation

Career Interests

This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.

InvestigativeHigh
RealisticMedium
ConventionalMedium
SocialMedium
EnterprisingLow
ArtisticLow

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