SOC 29-2035 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $97,940. The 10th percentile is $81,440 and the 90th percentile is $124,360. Employment is 580.
Median annual wage
$97,940
- 10th percentile
- $81,440
- 25th percentile
- $83,210
- Median
- $97,940
- 75th percentile
- $106,560
- 90th percentile
- $124,360
- Mean
- $99,040
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists, the published 10th percentile is $81,440 and the 90th percentile is $124,360. The difference is $42,920, which is 43.8% 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 $83,210 to the 75th at $106,560, covers $23,350.
The mean annual wage is $99,040, which sits above the median of $97,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $95,480 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $94,797, which is 0.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 2.6% lower than the Arizona median of $100,600.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $97,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists at $94,797 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. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 2nd 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).).
- Tucson, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $106,120 and employment of 80. That median is 8.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $109,519, against $94,797 here.
Employment share
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (580 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (43,390 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $97,940. The 10th percentile is $81,440 and the 90th percentile is $124,360. Employment is 580.
How does that compare with the national median for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists?
The local median is 2.6% higher than the national median of $95,480.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $97,940 is $94,797. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ compare with nearby metros for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists?
Tucson, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $106,120. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.