Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,166
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$27,584
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,660
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$122,750
Kept after tax
$95,166
Worth in national money
$87,660
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Washington is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $122,750, which ranks 3 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 28.56% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Washington reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $122,750 the take-home is $95,166; in national-average money that behaves like $87,660. The average lands at $119,770, below the middle of the range.
- Washington ranks 3 of 51 states publishing a median for magnetic resonance imaging technologists, at $122,750 — about 28.56% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Magnetic resonance imaging technologists ranks 66 of 493 occupations by median in Washington, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Washington, on $122,750, is $95,166; deflated by the state's price level, $87,660. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $119,770 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $78,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,320 |
| This salary | $122,750 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $95,166 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,166 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,272 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $122,750 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,216 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $122,750. The published range is $78,350 up to $160,320, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Washington's $95,166, worked from $122,750. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 66 of 493.
- Two cautions on $87,660, the adjusted value of that $122,750 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 66 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $78,350 to $160,320. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Washington take-home of $95,166, on $122,750 for work ranking 66 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 66 of 493 in the state.
- This $87,660 adjusted figure, worked from $122,750, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 66 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 66 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $78,350 at the tenth percentile, $160,320 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $87,660 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $95,166 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($78,350 to $160,320) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $87,660 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $95,166 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.