Radiologist Salary in Florida 2026,
$417,690 Median | BLS Data by City

Florida radiologists earn a median $417,690 a year, $200.81 an hour, per BLS OEWS May 2025, with a 25th percentile of $395,170, a 75th of $503,850 and a 90th of $665,450. That is 0.8% below the $420,860 national median before tax and substantially ahead after, because Florida takes no income tax.

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford at $475,440, ahead of Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater at $410,170 and Jacksonville at $384,990. Central Florida's imaging volume has outgrown its radiologist supply faster than the coastal markets, and Orlando's premium over the statewide median of $417,690 is a recruitment premium rather than a cost-of-living adjustment.

No. The Florida Board of Medicine within the Department of Health issues the physician licence, and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine licenses DOs; there is no radiology-specific state credential. Board certification comes from the American Board of Radiology. Interpreting a study for a patient located in Florida requires Florida licensure wherever the radiologist is physically sitting, which is the binding constraint on teleradiology coverage of the state.

No. Florida has no personal income tax, no local income tax and no state estate or inheritance tax, so a radiologist at the median of $417,690 or the 75th percentile of $503,850 owes state tax on none of it. At this compensation level that advantage compounds faster than almost any other financial decision available to a physician, which is why Florida groups compete effectively against markets with higher nominal offers.

Because Florida radiology is overwhelmingly full-time private and hospital practice, with a comparatively small academic sector relative to states like Texas or Massachusetts. A $395,170 twenty-fifth percentile against a $417,690 median means the bulk of the state's radiologists are doing similar full reading lists on similar terms. The $192,020 tenth percentile is the exception, reflecting fellowship and part-time appointments rather than established practice.

Because the nominal figures are large enough that the tax difference dominates everything else. A Florida radiologist at the 75th percentile of $503,850 keeps the entire amount subject only to federal tax; the same gross in a top-bracket state loses a substantial share to the state before anything else happens. Add Florida's absence of state estate and inheritance tax and the homestead assessment caps, and the lifetime differential for a physician who settles here is very large — which is precisely why Florida radiology groups can recruit while publishing offers that look level with the national median.

The Florida sample is small — about 1,680 radiologists — and only three metros are published, so percentile values move between vintages more than in a large occupation. The $192,020 tenth percentile in particular should not be read as a full-time practice figure; it captures fellowship, part-year and part-time arrangements annualising low. And the $665,450 ninetieth percentile reflects partnership and interventional practice rather than a salaried position anyone can apply for.

They set nearly all of it above the employed tier. Florida radiology groups compensate on relative value units read plus call and procedure coverage, so the distance between the $417,690 median and the $503,850 seventy-fifth percentile is reading volume, subspecialty scarcity — interventional, neuro, breast — and partnership status. Teleradiology night coverage carries a premium in Florida because state licensure limits who can supply it, and none of the increment is taxed by the state.