SOC 29-2035 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists make in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is $81,650. The 10th percentile is $64,230 and the 90th percentile is $93,480. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$81,650

10th percentile
$64,230
25th percentile
$71,560
Median
$81,650
75th percentile
$91,680
90th percentile
$93,480
Mean
$79,260

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A nurse with a patient at a hospital centre in Birmingham. Wellcome Collection. Photograph by Wellcome Collection. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Percentile spread

For Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, the published 10th percentile is $64,230 and the 90th percentile is $93,480. The difference is $29,250, which is 35.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $71,560 to the 75th at $91,680, covers $20,120.

The mean annual wage is $79,260, which sits below the median of $81,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX median is 14.5% lower than the national median of $95,480 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $95,058, which is 0.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.6% lower than the Texas median of $96,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 85.895, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists at $95,058 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Corpus Christi, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $80,390 and employment of 30. That median is 1.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,748, against $95,058 here.

Employment share

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX (50 of 296,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.60 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists make in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is $81,650. The 10th percentile is $64,230 and the 90th percentile is $93,480. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists?

The local median is 14.5% lower than the national median of $95,480.

What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists pay in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX is 85.895, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $81,650 is $95,058. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX compare with nearby metros for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists?

Corpus Christi, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 114 miles away, at $80,390. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.