Radiation Therapists · SOC 29-1124

Radiation Therapists Salary in the Birmingham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Birmingham, AL metro area

Figures describe the Birmingham, AL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Birmingham city limits.

Median annual wage$87,460
Median hourly wage$42.05

Radiation Therapists in the Birmingham, AL metro area earned a median of $87,460 per year ($42.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $64,750 at the 10th percentile to $116,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Radiation Therapists in the Birmingham metro area earn more than $87,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,960 and $100,680.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$64,750$76,960$87,460$100,680$116,940
Hourly$31.13$37.00$42.05$48.40$56.22

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

  • Birmingham metro areathis metro area
    $87,460 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $76,960 to $100,680
  • Alabamastate (AL)
    $87,330 median for Alabama; middle half earns $69,150 to $99,830
  • $105,310 median for United States; middle half earns $92,060 to $126,340

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

The median here is about the same vs Alabama overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$37,560$93,823$150,087$206,350San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,560Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,280Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $80,770Boise City, ID — $81,540Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $83,780Savannah, GA — $83,900Pittsburgh, PA — $84,020Columbia, MO — $84,980Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $86,030Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $86,100Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $86,590Birmingham, AL — $87,460Green Bay, WI — $89,860Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $90,240Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $92,060Raleigh-Cary, NC — $94,190Jacksonville, FL — $96,180Eau Claire, WI — $96,730Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $96,870Omaha, NE-IA — $97,360Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $98,190Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $98,230Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $98,370Oklahoma City, OK — $98,390Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $98,630Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $98,890Cleveland, OH — $99,200Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $99,250Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $99,860Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $99,930Albuquerque, NM — $100,010Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $100,410Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $100,460Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $100,530Columbus, OH — $100,720Wichita, KS — $100,900Akron, OH — $101,050Winston-Salem, NC — $101,050Baton Rouge, LA — $101,140Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $101,320Richmond, VA — $101,380New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $101,930Colorado Springs, CO — $101,940Portland-South Portland, ME — $101,980Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $102,520Naples-Marco Island, FL — $102,730Toledo, OH — $102,960Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $103,140Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $103,180Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $105,180Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $105,300St. Louis, MO-IL — $105,310Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $105,770Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $106,300Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $107,080Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $108,020Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $108,450San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $108,600Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $108,770Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $110,050Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $110,510Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $117,050Kansas City, MO-KS — $117,280Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $119,960Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $124,850Urban Honolulu, HI — $125,520Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $128,650Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $130,800Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $133,410New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $135,550Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $169,150San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $171,500Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $182,240San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $205,670San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $206,350

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 Birmingham metro area has the 64th-highest published median for this occupation among the 75 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”.

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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.