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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists · SOC 29-2035

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$146,260
Median hourly wage$70.32

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $146,260 per year ($70.32 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $95,580 at the 10th percentile to $182,360 at the 90th. BLS estimates 420 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $146,260 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $101,400 and $176,110.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$95,580$101,400$146,260$176,110$182,360
Hourly$45.95$48.75$70.32$84.67$87.68

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $146,260
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $124,000
  • United Statesnational
    $95,480

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +18% vs California overall and +53% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$44,810$88,857$132,903$176,950San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,810Joplin, MO-KS — $70,480Mobile, AL — $73,190Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $74,910Wichita, KS — $75,310Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $75,510Jackson, MS — $76,310Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $76,500Chattanooga, TN-GA — $76,840Dalton, GA — $76,920Columbia, MO — $76,930Knoxville, TN — $77,080Lubbock, TX — $77,140Springfield, MO — $77,290Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $78,350El Paso, TX — $78,410Fargo, ND-MN — $78,780Flint, MI — $78,790New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $79,030Peoria, IL — $79,090Fayetteville, NC — $79,460Jonesboro, AR — $79,510Ocala, FL — $79,750Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $79,840Youngstown-Warren, OH — $80,030Corpus Christi, TX — $80,390Lexington-Fayette, KY — $80,410Lincoln, NE — $80,420Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $80,790Bloomington, IN — $80,860Pittsburgh, PA — $81,040Bloomington, IL — $81,070Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $81,120Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $81,140Rochester, NY — $81,180Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $81,220Huntsville, AL — $81,270Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $81,320Evansville, IN — $81,450Toledo, OH — $81,610McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $81,650Port St. Lucie, FL — $81,830Rapid City, SD — $81,840Greensboro-High Point, NC — $81,890Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $82,200Asheville, NC — $82,250Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $82,470York-Hanover, PA — $82,520Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $82,690Omaha, NE-IA — $82,710Lancaster, PA — $82,830Winchester, VA-WV — $82,900Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $82,920Raleigh-Cary, NC — $83,030Jacksonville, FL — $83,170Fort Wayne, IN — $83,290St. Louis, MO-IL — $83,330Wilmington, NC — $83,650Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $83,980Billings, MT — $84,010Kansas City, MO-KS — $84,040Baton Rouge, LA — $84,280Birmingham, AL — $84,290Springfield, IL — $85,060Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $85,070Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $85,140North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $85,230Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $85,240Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $85,270Ogden, UT — $85,350Green Bay, WI — $85,390Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $85,530Columbia, SC — $85,560Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $85,560Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $85,730Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $86,050Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $86,110Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $86,130Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $86,370Tyler, TX — $86,840Winston-Salem, NC — $86,870Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $87,190Tulsa, OK — $87,450Cleveland, OH — $87,670Albuquerque, NM — $87,850Savannah, GA — $88,230Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $88,320South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $88,910Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $89,010Canton-Massillon, OH — $89,350Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $90,140Columbus, OH — $90,530Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $90,930Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $91,150Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $91,170Naples-Marco Island, FL — $91,270Akron, OH — $91,970Oklahoma City, OK — $92,050Athens-Clarke County, GA — $92,060Bangor, ME — $92,460Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $93,490Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $93,600San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $94,350Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $94,420Madison, WI — $94,620Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $94,630Rockford, IL — $94,860Utica-Rome, NY — $95,040Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $95,810Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $95,950Killeen-Temple, TX — $96,860Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $96,950Duluth, MN-WI — $96,980Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $97,070Portland-South Portland, ME — $97,420Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $97,890Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $97,940Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $98,550Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $98,620Richmond, VA — $98,680Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $98,740Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $99,730Reading, PA — $100,110Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $100,180Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $100,420Syracuse, NY — $100,450Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $100,730Rochester, MN — $100,900Colorado Springs, CO — $101,350Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $102,120Boise City, ID — $102,270Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $102,450Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $102,490Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $102,570Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $102,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $102,860Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $103,080Vineland, NJ — $103,100Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $104,320Yakima, WA — $104,390Worcester, MA — $104,940Manchester-Nashua, NH — $105,470Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $105,710Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $105,800Springfield, MA — $105,910Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $105,920Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $106,010Tucson, AZ — $106,120Fresno, CA — $106,710Reno, NV — $106,800Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $107,650Stockton-Lodi, CA — $108,410Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $108,560New Haven, CT — $108,770Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $109,110Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $109,800Boulder, CO — $111,020Eugene-Springfield, OR — $112,370New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $118,360Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $119,310Urban Honolulu, HI — $119,370Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $120,650Anchorage, AK — $121,660Salem, OR — $121,920Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $121,930San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $123,080Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $123,910Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $125,660Modesto, CA — $126,980Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $130,460Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $144,810San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $146,260Vallejo, CA — $176,650San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $176,950

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Francisco metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 174 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for magnetic resonance imaging technologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $146,260
  • San Jose metro area
    $176,950
  • Vallejo metro area
    $176,650
  • Sacramento metro area
    $144,810
  • Modesto metro area
    $126,980
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $125,660
  • San Diego metro area
    $123,080

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$186,610Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$94,310Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$84,130Pharmacy Technicians$60,550Dental Hygienists$146,760Pharmacists$177,410

Highest-paying metro areas for magnetic resonance imaging technologistss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.