Radiologic Technologist Salary in Utah 2026,
$81,000 Median | BLS Data by City

A median $81,000 a year, or $38.94 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, with the middle half between $65,660 and $98,760 and a full range of $48,150 to $108,070. That is 1.1% above the $80,110 national median, and the state's 75th percentile sits more than eighteen thousand dollars above it.

Salt Lake City-Murray at $81,170, ahead of Provo-Orem-Lehi at $79,690 and Ogden at $74,880. Published area detail for this occupation is limited to three Utah markets, and the spread between them is modest — about six thousand dollars — which is far less than a single advanced modality registry is worth.

Yes. The Division of Professional Licensing at the Department of Commerce issues radiologic technologist licensure, alongside a more limited radiology practical technologist credential for a narrower imaging scope. That distinguishes Utah from several states in this batch that leave the field to national certification alone. ARRT registration remains what employers screen on, and advanced registries in CT, MRI, mammography or interventional work determine which modalities you can actually work in.

Interventional and cardiovascular imaging, followed by MRI, CT and mammography. Those are what the $98,760 seventy-fifth percentile and the $108,070 ninetieth are built from, and the gap between a general radiographer at the $65,660 twenty-fifth percentile and a multi-registry interventional technologist is more than forty thousand dollars. Interventional work also carries call, which is paid separately and adds meaningfully on top.

A location quotient of 0.69 is the thinnest imaging workforce in this batch, and it reflects a young, fast-growing population whose imaging capacity is still being built out — Utah's demographics mean lower per-head imaging demand than an older state, but the growth rate means capacity is constantly playing catch-up. For a technologist that scarcity is favourable: it is a large part of why Utah's median clears the national figure despite a state cost structure that is not exceptional.

Several genuinely different jobs sharing one occupation code. A general radiographer taking chest and extremity films and an interventional technologist in a cardiac catheterisation laboratory with call obligations both appear here, and in Utah they are more than forty thousand dollars apart. Cross-sectional and interventional imaging require additional ARRT registries on top of state licensure, carry higher acuity, and are the hardest roles to staff in a state with a location quotient of 0.69. The width is therefore a map rather than noise: it says the modality decision outweighs every other choice available, including which of Utah's three published markets you work in.

Call and differentials, which are substantial and entirely absent from a base annual median. Interventional and cross-sectional technologists take call, and hospitals pay both a stipend and a callback rate — for an interventional technologist that can be a large share of actual earnings, and under Utah's flat tax it is all taxed at the same rate. The figure also blends hospital work with outpatient imaging centres, which typically pay less but offer regular hours and no call. Area detail covers only three markets, so the rural picture is invisible.

Registries, and it is not close. Add CT first, then MRI or interventional and cardiovascular, and mammography if it suits — each additional ARRT registry moves you up the band, and multiple registries are what reach the $98,760 seventy-fifth percentile and the $108,070 ninetieth. Take call, which is paid separately. Geography contributes about six thousand dollars across the published markets, which one registry will beat. Lead technologist and modality supervisor roles at Intermountain and University of Utah Health are the management route.