Radiologist Salary in Oklahoma 2026,
$420,860 Median | BLS Data by City

BLS does not publish that number. The May 2025 OEWS release does not release wage estimates for SOC 29-1224 in this state, so no state percentile ladder exists. What this page reports instead is the national median of $420,860, explicitly as a national figure, with a national band from $89,010 at the 10th percentile to $594,410 at the 90th. Employment is published: about 110 radiologists at a location quotient of 0.36.

Because of the size and structure of the cell. BLS suppresses estimates that do not meet its disclosure or reliability standards, which typically happens when very few establishments account for most of the employment — publishing would risk revealing an individual employer's pay. With roughly 110 radiologists statewide, that threshold is easy to hit. The employment count and location quotient survive publication; the wage estimates do not.

About 110, at a location quotient of 0.36 — barely a third of the national rate of employment for the occupation relative to total jobs. Part of that reflects the state's population and the concentration of academic radiology elsewhere, and part reflects teleradiology: a large share of imaging performed in Oklahoma facilities is interpreted remotely by radiologists counted wherever they physically work. The low count is a structural fact about how imaging is delivered, not a statement that Oklahoma has little imaging.

A physician licence, from one of two boards depending on degree: the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision for allopathic physicians and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners for osteopathic ones. Oklahoma issues no radiology-specific credential. Subspecialty practice rests on ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship training, American Board of Radiology certification and hospital credentialing. A radiologist reading Oklahoma studies remotely still needs Oklahoma licensure.

As a national reference with a state caveat attached, and with the bottom of the national band discounted. The national median of $420,860 pools every radiologist in the country including trainees, which is why the national 10th percentile is $89,010. A board-certified radiologist in practice should be reasoning from the national 25th percentile of $216,800 upward, and treating the national 75th of $506,010 as the marker for an established subspecialist. Because no Oklahoma figure is released, local compensation surveys and group-specific data matter more here than usual.

It means BLS surveyed the occupation in this state and then withheld the wage estimates because publishing them would not meet its disclosure or reliability standards — typically because a small number of establishments account for most of the employment, so a published median could effectively disclose one employer's pay. Suppression is not an error and it is not a statement that wages are unusual. What survives publication for Oklahoma is the employment count of about 110 and the location quotient of 0.36, and both are usable. What does not exist is any state median, percentile ladder or hourly figure, and any source presenting one as a BLS figure has manufactured it. That is why every number in the tables on this page is labelled national.

It severs the link between where imaging happens and where it is read, which makes state-level radiologist statistics difficult to interpret anywhere and particularly here. A CT performed in a rural Oklahoma hospital at two in the morning may be interpreted by a radiologist working in another state entirely, employed by a national teleradiology group. That radiologist needs an Oklahoma licence, because licensure follows the patient's location, but their employment is counted where they physically work. The result is a location quotient of 0.36 that understates how much radiology work Oklahoma generates while accurately counting how many radiologists sit in it. For a physician evaluating the state, the practical implication is that the local job market and the local imaging market are not the same thing.

Three things the published data cannot answer. First, the employment model: hospital-employed, academic, or private group with a partnership track, since the difference in long-run compensation between them is larger than most state-to-state differences. Second, call and coverage structure, including whether overnight reads are outsourced — in a state with about 110 radiologists, the answer materially affects quality of life. Third, subspecialty demand: interventional radiology, neuroradiology and breast imaging have different local markets, and in a small state one group's needs can dominate. Because BLS releases no Oklahoma wage, the substitutes are specialty compensation surveys, group-level disclosure during recruitment, and the national ladder used honestly as a reference — which is what this page provides.