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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.
What a radiologist does
Become a radiologist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good radiologist
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $260 per hour with an average salary of $340,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $184 and $321 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $126,500 and $562,400 per year.
- 72% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $270 per hour with an average salary of $330,100 per year.
Radiologist job outlook
- There are 1,052 workers in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 4% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 8% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.