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Radiologic Technologists and Technicians pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $77,360 per year in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. It is $160,380 per year in Vallejo, CA. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 51.8% below Vallejo, CA 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 860 wage and salary jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI and 270 in Vallejo, CA. 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