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Radiologic Technologists and Technicians pay in California and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $121,260 per year in California. It is $103,620 per year in Massachusetts. California is 17.0% above Massachusetts on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2034 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 20,900 wage and salary jobs in California and 5,500 in Massachusetts. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings