# Radiologists

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/radiologists
- SOC code: 29-1224.00
- Career family: Healthcare practitioners
- Median annual pay: $420,860 (10th percentile $89,010, 90th percentile $594,410)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +3.4%
- Openings a year: 700
- Typical entry education: Doctoral or professional degree
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code IRC)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 65 |
| Investigative (I) | 94 |
| Artistic (A) | 6 |
| Social (S) | 48 |
| Enterprising (E) | 19 |
| Conventional (C) | 58 |

## What you'd do

- Assisting and Caring for Others (importance 97/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 92/100)
- Getting Information (importance 90/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 89/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 89/100)
- Working with Computers (importance 87/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 86/100)
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (importance 86/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 84/100)
- Processing Information (importance 84/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Active Learning

## Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry, Biology, English Language, Computers and Electronics, Education and Training, Customer and Personal Service, Physics, Public Safety and Security, Communications and Media, Administration and Management

## Also called

Attending Physician, Attending Radiologist, Breast Imaging Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiologist, General Radiologist, Interventional Neuroradiologist, Interventional Radiologist, Interventional Radiology Physician, IR Technician (Interventional Radiology Technician), IR Travel Technician (Interventional Radiology Travel Technician)

## Majors that lead here (NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, 4-digit CIP)

- [Medicine](https://www.collegesref.com/programs/5112) (CIP 5112, 133 colleges)

## Related careers

- [Cardiologists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cardiologists): $496,010 median pay
- [Pediatric Surgeons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/pediatric-surgeons): $559,030 median pay
- [Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/orthopedic-surgeons-except-pediatric): $358,550 median pay
- [Radiologic Technologists and Technicians](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/radiologic-technologists-and-technicians): $80,110 median pay
- [Physicians, Pathologists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/physicians-pathologists): $312,400 median pay
- [Radiation Therapists](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/radiation-therapists): $105,310 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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