Generally start out at $ 36,000--43,000, or about $18-$22/hour
AMA reports average salaries at $52,336
2-4 years
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X-ray technician, or radiologist.
A radiologist must understand basic algebra and basic science and also be good with people.
According to the American Society of Radiology Technicians, the average salary for a radiology technician is $58065.
X-ray technician, or radiologist.
If you are interested in the career of health care, yes. It is a fairly easy job, but may seem monotonous or they hours may be long. You should be aware of the difference between a radiologist and radiologist technician. The median salary for a radiologist is $361,538 per year. To be a radiologist you must have a bachelor degree and an additional 4 years of medical school plus 4 years of residency and 1 year of fellowship. Their main job is to interpret X-rays. Radiologist technicians are the ones who perform the actual X-ray or sonograms, etc. On average the radiologist technician makes between $55-60,000 annually. You generally only need an associates- bachelor degree in radiology to practice.
The basic duties of a radiologist are to read and interpret diagnostic imaging films and x-rays. The earnings potential of a radiology technician varies, but the average salary is 48,441 dollars annually.
Take X-rays for the radiologist to read
Radiologist is a medical doctor specialised in intepreting medical scans (x-ray/mri/cat etc.). Radiographer is someone who takes the actual medical scans and X-ray technician is works under the radiographer in terms of hierachy.
Generally, an X-ray technician is the person who takes the X-rays. A radiologist is a medical doctor who reads and interprets the X-rays. For more information on a career in radiology, here are some sites which may help. I do believe that it will give you some additional information to help you in your continuing research. You will notice that titles, terms and training differs from one country to another. http://www.unixl.com/dir/medical_sciences/radiology/ http://www.suht.soton.ac.uk/Careers/clinical_radiology.htm http://www.sonographersmedical.co.uk/Qualifications.htm http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/careers/careers_diag.htm http://www.umm.edu/radiology/doc.htm Answer- Radiologists and radiologist technicians work is same field but the major difference them is the level of education and responsibility of job. Therefore a radiologist gets much higher salary than a radiologist technician.
$64,000 Canadian