SOC 29-1124 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Radiation Therapists make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Radiation Therapists in Lansing-East Lansing, MI is $98,230. The 10th percentile is $79,860 and the 90th percentile is $110,730. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$98,230

10th percentile
$79,860
25th percentile
$80,180
Median
$98,230
75th percentile
$101,370
90th percentile
$110,730
Mean
$93,590

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Radiation Therapists, the published 10th percentile is $79,860 and the 90th percentile is $110,730. The difference is $30,870, which is 31.4% 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 $80,180 to the 75th at $101,370, covers $21,190.

The mean annual wage is $93,590, which sits below the median of $98,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lansing-East Lansing, MI median is 6.7% lower than the national median of $105,310 for Radiation Therapists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $103,410, which is 1.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% higher than the Michigan median of $95,890.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $98,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Radiation Therapists at $103,410 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Radiation Therapists. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 7th of 8 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).).

  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 59 miles away, with a median of $83,780 and employment of 30. That median is 14.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,686, against $103,410 here.
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI is 71 miles away, with a median of $100,530 and employment of 190. That median is 2.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $100,231, against $103,410 here.
  • Toledo, OH is 93 miles away, with a median of $102,960 and employment of 40. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $112,580, against $103,410 here.

Employment share

Radiation Therapists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Lansing-East Lansing, MI (30 of 217,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (17,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.26 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 Lansing-East Lansing, MI · Radiation Therapists 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 Radiation Therapists make in Lansing-East Lansing, MI?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Radiation Therapists in Lansing-East Lansing, MI is $98,230. The 10th percentile is $79,860 and the 90th percentile is $110,730. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Radiation Therapists?

The local median is 6.7% lower than the national median of $105,310.

What is Radiation Therapists pay in Lansing-East Lansing, MI after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lansing-East Lansing, MI is 94.991, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $98,230 is $103,410. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Lansing-East Lansing, MI compare with nearby metros for Radiation Therapists?

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 59 miles away, at $83,780. Lansing-East Lansing, MI ranks 7th of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.