BLS OEWS May 2025 · SOC 29-1224 · 1,480 WA workers
Radiologist Salary in Washington 2026, $420,860 Median | BLS Data by City
Washington is one of the states where BLS declines to publish a radiologist wage, not because the sample is too thin but because the answer is above the ceiling its wage survey publishes to — which is itself a useful piece of information about what radiologists earn here.
Updated July 2026 · BLS OEWS May 2025
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WA Median
$420,860
$202.34/hr
vs National
+$0
level with US median
WA P90
$594,410
$285.77/hr · top earners
WA Job Growth
+2.7%
2024–2034 · national BLS EP 2024–34
🤑Washington levies no state income tax, which at a radiologist's income is worth an extremely large sum every year relative to California or New York, and is one of the strongest financial arguments for practising in this state. Employees do fund a Paid Family and Medical Leave premium of about 0.81% of wages in 2026 and the WA Cares long-term-care premium of 0.58%, and Washington levies a capital gains tax that can affect physicians with significant investment income — but on employment income the advantage against high-tax states remains substantial.
Direct Answer
How much do radiologists make in Washington in 2026?
BLS does not release a Washington median wage for radiologists in OEWS May 2025: the state cell is flagged as above the survey's publication ceiling, meaning the estimate is at or above $239,200 a year. The concrete anchor used throughout this page is therefore the national median of $420,860 a year, or $202.34 an hour. Washington's own published data is informative in other ways: the state employs 1,480 radiologists at a location quotient of 2.43, well over twice the national concentration, and Spokane-Spokane Valley reports a metro figure of $430,600. → Full radiologist career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $420,860 blends every experience level, apprentice through master. For pay by license level alone, see pay by level below.
Key takeaways
BLS does not release a Washington median for Radiologists (SOC 29-1224); the national median is $420,860/yr, with a P10–P90 range of $89,010 to $594,410 (BLS OEWS May 2025).
The suppression here is a ceiling, not a gap: BLS flags the wage as at or above $239,200 a year, the top of the range its wage survey publishes, so the missing figure tells you the estimate is high rather than unreliable.
Washington has a radiologist location quotient of 2.43, meaning more than twice the national concentration of radiologists per job — the highest of any state on this site and a genuine signal about the specialty's footprint here.
Spokane-Spokane Valley is the one Washington metro with a published figure, at $430,600, while Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater are not released.
Washington at a glance
Median salary$420,860
Median hourly$202.34
Range (P10–P90)$89,010–$594,410
Top-paying metroSpokane-Spokane Valley · $430,600
vs nationallevel with US median
State income tax0%
WA employment (BLS)1,480
Location quotient2.43× US concentration
Wage basisNational May 2025 (state figure not released)
Washington Radiologist Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
$89,010
P10
$216,800
P25
$420,860
Median
$506,010
P75
$594,410
P90
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025
Methodology & Sources
How the Washington radiologist pay figures on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 29-1224, Washington statewide estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them. OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation in Washington; it does not break pay out by credential or licence level.
Pay by level: the level and career-stage tables on this page distribute Washington's own published BLS pay range across the tiers employers actually hire at. They are GlobalCybers estimates aligned to published percentiles, not separate BLS publications.
Placement sample: GlobalCybers holds no Washington placement sample for this occupation, so this page shows published and percentile-aligned figures only — no placement-based median is claimed anywhere on it.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Spokane-Spokane Valley leads the state at $430,600.
Getting Licensed
How to become a licensed radiologist in Washington, step by step
1
Complete residency and board certification
Finish a diagnostic radiology residency and obtain American Board of Radiology certification, then licence with the Washington Medical Commission.
2
Benchmark against specialty surveys
Because BLS publishes no Washington median for this specialty, benchmark offers against radiology group and specialty society compensation data rather than against a state wage figure.
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Subspecialise
Add a fellowship in interventional radiology, neuroradiology or another subspecialty, which is what distinguishes the upper part of any radiology compensation range.
4
Weigh the tax position explicitly
Model the offer against a comparable one in a high-tax state, since Washington's absence of an income tax is worth a large amount at this income level and is a genuine part of the comparison.
WMC License Levels
How much do the radiologist credential levels pay in Washington?
Washington licenses issued by WMC (Washington Medical Commission), which licenses physicians and surgeons in Washington, with radiology subspecialty certification held through the American Board of Radiology. Each level's median pay in Washington markets.
WMC License
WA Pay Range
WA Median
Key Note
Early-career or part-time appointment
$82K–$217K
$89,010
Around the national 10th percentile. Academic, part-time and first-year appointments, captured at actual annual earnings rather than at a full-time rate.
Practising diagnostic radiologist
$217K–$506K
$420,860
The national median, used here because BLS does not release a Washington figure. Board-certified diagnostic radiology in a hospital or group setting.
Established or subspecialty radiologist
$481K–$594K
$506,010
The national 75th percentile. Established full-time practice, subspecialty reading, and radiologists carrying substantial call or procedural volume.
Senior, interventional or lead radiologist
$571K–$725K
$594,410
The national 90th percentile. Senior and interventional radiologists, section leads and high-volume subspecialty practice.
Beyond Base Pay
What's a Washington radiologist's total compensation, not just base wage?
BLS and verified-placement medians above are base wage only. Total comp for a WA radiologist typically adds the following on top.
Washington Radiologist Salary, Frequently Asked Questions
How much do radiologists make in Washington?
BLS does not publish a Washington median for radiologists in OEWS May 2025 because the estimate exceeds the survey's publication ceiling of $239,200 a year. The national median is $420,860, $202.34 an hour, with a national range from $89,010 at the 10th percentile to $594,410 at the 90th. Washington employment for the specialty is published at 1,480.
Which Washington city pays radiologists the most?
Spokane-Spokane Valley is the only Washington metro with a published radiologist wage in this release, at $430,600. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater are not released. That Spokane figure sits above the national median, which is consistent with the state-level cell having been top-coded rather than suppressed for sample reasons.
Why does BLS not publish a Washington radiologist salary?
Because the OEWS wage survey publishes to a ceiling. When an estimate reaches or exceeds $115.00 an hour, equivalent to $239,200 a year, BLS reports it with a flag rather than a number. That is a different situation from a suppressed cell: it tells you the estimate is at least that high, and in a specialty whose national median is $420,860 it is entirely expected.
Is Washington a good state for radiologists?
On the available evidence, yes. The state has no income tax, a radiologist concentration more than twice the national average, and the one published metro figure sits above the national median. What the data cannot tell you is the statewide median, so treat specialty society and group compensation surveys as the benchmark for an actual offer.
How does Washington compare with states that do publish?
Indiana reports $430,640, Massachusetts $426,560, Florida $417,690, Utah $417,250 and Iowa $405,220. Those are all near the national figure, and Washington's own top-coded flag plus the Spokane-Spokane Valley figure of $430,600 place it in the same territory or above, though without a published state median that remains an inference rather than a measurement.
What does the top-code flag actually mean?
OEWS publishes hourly and annual wage estimates up to a defined maximum. Where an estimate reaches or exceeds $115.00 an hour, or $239,200 a year, BLS substitutes a flag for the number. It applies to the median and to every percentile in the affected cell, which is why this page has no Washington percentile ladder either. The flag is a publication rule, not a data quality warning.
Why is Washington's radiologist concentration so high?
Because its major health systems act as regional referral centres for a large, thinly populated catchment covering Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Imaging volume for that catchment is read in Washington, which supports more radiologists per job than the state's own population would generate. The location quotient of 2.43 is the clearest expression of that role in the data.
How should a radiologist evaluating a Washington offer read this page?
As directional rather than definitive. The absence of a state median means you cannot benchmark an offer against a Washington figure here. What you can take from it is that the state's radiologist wage is high enough to breach the survey's ceiling, that Spokane-Spokane Valley reads above the national median, and that no state income tax applies to any of it.
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Outlook & openings: BLS projects 2.7% national growth for radiologists through 2034, and Washington's share of national employment works out to roughly 40 openings a year, pro-rated from the national average annual openings figure. The more informative number for this state is the concentration: with a location quotient of 2.43, Washington has built an unusually large radiology workforce relative to its overall employment, reflecting the regional referral role its major health systems play across the Pacific Northwest.
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