A person working as Radiologic Technologist in India typically earns around 35,600 INR. Salaries range from 19,200 INR (lowest) to 53,800 INR (highest).
This is the average salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Radiologic Technologist salaries in India vary drastically based on experience, skills, gender, or location. Below you will find a detailed breakdown based on many different criteria.
Minimum Salary 19,200 INR |
Median 31,800 INR |
Maximum 53,800 INR |
Salaries for the position Radiologic Technologist in India range from 19,200 INR (starting salary) to 53,800 INR (maximum salary). It should be noted that the given figure is not the legally mandated minimum wage; rather, it represents the lowest figure reported in a salary survey that included thousands of participants and professionals from all regions of the country.
With a median salary of 31,800 INR, half of the professionals who work as Radiologic Technologist in India earn less than this amount, and the other half earn more. The median salary denotes the middle value of salaries. Ideally, you would want to belong to the group earning more than the median salary, located on the right side of the salary distribution graph.
The median is closely associated with two other values known as the 25th and 75th percentiles. By examining the salary distribution chart, it can be determined that 25% of professionals employed as Radiologic Technologist in India earn less than 26,600 INR, while 75% earn more. Similarly, the chart shows that 75% earn less than 35,900 INR while 25% earn more.
To provide a better understanding of expected salaries, we categorized the frequently occurring salaries into different ranges. This approach provides a more precise representation of salary distribution for the job title Radiologic Technologist in India compared to simply calculating the average. The majority of reported salaries, approximately 65%, fall within the range of 21,100 INR to 28,400 INR. About 20% of salaries are below the 21,100 INR mark, while 10% fall within the range of 28,400 INR to 31,700 INR. Only 5% of individuals have salaries exceeding 31,700 INR.
0 - 2 Years | 22,300 INR | |
2 - 5 Years | +26% | 28,200 INR |
5 - 10 Years | +32% | 37,200 INR |
10 - 15 Years | +18% | 43,800 INR |
15 - 20 Years | +11% | 48,400 INR |
20+ Years | +6% | 51,500 INR |
The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally, the more years of experience the higher the wage. We broke down salaries by experience level for people working as Radiologic Technologist and this is what we found.
Employees with less than two years of experience earn approximately 22,300 INR.
While someone with an experience level between two and five years is expected to earn 28,200 INR, 26% more than someone with less than two year's experience.
Moving forward, an experience level between five and ten years lands a salary of 37,200 INR, 32% more than someone with two to five years of experience.
Additionally, professionals whose expertise span anywhere between ten and fifteen years get a salary equivalent to 43,800 INR, 18% more than someone with five to ten years of experience.
If the experience level is between fifteen and twenty years, then the expected wage is 48,400 INR, 11% more than someone with ten to fifteen years of experience.
Lastly, employees with more than twenty years of professional experience get a salary of 51,500 INR, 6% more than people with fifteen to twenty years of experience.
Bachelor's Degree | 28,900 INR | |
Master's Degree | +53% | 44,100 INR |
We all know that higher education equals a bigger salary, but how much more money can a degree add to your income? We broke down salaries by education level for the position Radiologic Technologist in order to make a comparison.
Employees at this education level have an average salary of 28,900 INR.
At this level, the average salary becomes 44,100 INR, 53% more than the previous level.
A Master's degree program or any post-graduate program in India costs anywhere from 160,000 INR to 481,000 INR and lasts approximately two years. That is quite an investment.
You can't really expect any salary increases during the study period, assuming you already have a job. In most cases, a salary review is conducted once education is completed and the degree has been attained.
Many people pursue higher education as a tactic to switch to a higher-paying job. The numbers seem to support the theory. The average increase in compensation while changing jobs is approximately 10% more than the customary salary increment.
If you can afford the costs of higher education, the return on investment is definitely worth it. You should be able to recover the costs in roughly a year or so.
Though gender should not have an effect on pay, in reality, it does. So who gets paid more: men or women? For the people who work as Radiologic Technologist in India, the average difference between the salary of male and female employees is 9%.
Male | 36,900 INR | |
Female | -8% | 33,800 INR |
Individuals working as Radiologic Technologist in India are likely to observe a salary increase of approximately 10% every 16 months. The national average annual increment for all professions combined is 9% granted to employees every 16 months.
The term Annual Salary Increase usually refers to the increase in 12 calendar month period, but because it is rare that people get their salaries reviewed exactly on the one-year mark, it is more meaningful to know the frequency and the rate at the time of the increase.
The annual salary Increase in a calendar year (12 months) can be easily calculated as follows: Annual Salary Increase = Increase Rate x 12 / Increase Frequency
Not all compensation increases are reflected directly in the salary. Some companies offer upgraded packages to their staff instead of cash money. The figures displayed here account only for direct increments to the base salary.
48% of surveyed staff reported that they haven't received any bonuses or incentives in the previous year while 52% said that they received at least one form of monetary bonus.
Those who got bonuses reported rates ranging from 4% to 5% of their annual salary.
Received Bonus | 52% | |
No Bonus | 48% |
The most standard form of bonus, where the employee is awarded based on their exceptional performance.
Company Performance BonusesOccasionally, some companies like to celebrate excess earnings and profits with their staff collectively in the form of bonuses that are granted to everyone. The amount of the bonus will probably be different from person to person depending on their role within the organization.
Goal-Based BonusesGranted upon achieving an important goal or milestone.
Holiday / End of Year BonusesThese types of bonuses are given without a reason and usually resemble an appreciation token.
People tend to confuse bonuses with commissions. A commission is a prefixed rate at which someone gets paid for items sold or deals completed while a bonus is in most cases arbitrary and unplanned.
The main two types of jobs | |
Revenue Generators | Supporting Cast |
Employees that are directly involved in generating revenue or profit for the organization. Their field of expertise usually matches the type of business. | Employees that support and facilitate the work of revenue generators. Their expertise is usually different from that of the core business operations. |
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Revenue generators usually get more and higher bonuses, higher salaries, and more frequent salary increments. The reason is quite simple: it is easier to quantify your value to the company in monetary terms when you participate in revenue generation.
Top management personnel and senior employees naturally exhibit higher bonus rates and frequencies than juniors. This is very predictable due to the inherent responsibilities of being higher in the hierarchy. People in top positions can easily get double or triple bonus rates than employees down the pyramid.
The hourly wage is the salary paid in one worked hour. Usually, jobs are classified into two categories: salaried jobs and hourly jobs. Salaried jobs pay a fixed amount regardless of the hours worked. Hourly jobs pay per worked hour. To convert salary into hourly wage the above formula is used (assuming 5 working days in a week and 8 working hours per day which is the standard for most jobs). The hourly wage calculation may differ slightly depending on the worked hours per week and the annual vacation allowance. The figures mentioned above are good approximations and are considered to be the standard. One major difference between salaried employees and hourly paid employees is overtime eligibility. Salaried employees are usually exempt from overtime as opposed to hourly paid staff.
The minimum pay rate per hour for people working as Radiologic Technologist in India is 110 INR. This is the minimum as per the gathered data in the salary survey not the minimum hourly rate mandated by law.
Job Title | Average Salary |
Health and Medical | -100% | |
Academic Clinician | 61,800 INR | +73% |
Admitting Officer | 23,400 INR | -34% |
Ambulance Attendant | 24,900 INR | -30% |
Ambulance Dispatcher | 24,100 INR | -32% |
Ambulance Driver | 22,200 INR | -38% |
Ambulance Officer and Paramedic | 25,700 INR | -28% |
Ambulatory Services Director | 47,500 INR | +33% |
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor | 55,400 INR | +56% |
Anesthesia Technician | 34,200 INR | -4% |
Anesthesiologist | 99,000 INR | +180% |
Anesthesiology Assistant | 34,200 INR | -4% |
Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Specialist | 42,700 INR | +20% |
Assistant Optometrist | 27,700 INR | -22% |
Audiologist | 57,000 INR | +60% |
Biohacking Expert | 48,500 INR | +36% |
Biomedical Engineering Director | 43,700 INR | +23% |
Biomedical Engineering Technician | 23,000 INR | -35% |
Cardiac Technician | 22,200 INR | -38% |
Cardiovascular Specialist | 123,000 INR | +250% |
Cardiovascular Technologist | 46,600 INR | +31% |
Central Service Technician | 26,900 INR | -24% |
Central Sterile Processing Technician | 26,900 INR | -24% |
Certified Clinical Research Coordinator | 29,000 INR | -19% |
Certified Respiratory Therapist | 49,500 INR | +39% |
Charge Entry Specialist | 29,700 INR | -17% |
Clinical Application Specialist | 29,300 INR | -18% |
Clinical Biochemist | 54,600 INR | +53% |
Clinical Cytogeneticist | 46,600 INR | +31% |
Clinical Data Reviewer | 29,300 INR | -18% |
Clinical Development Specialist | 36,600 INR | +3% |
Clinical Documentation Specialist | 46,600 INR | +31% |
Clinical Field Associate | 29,300 INR | -18% |
Clinical Genetic Technologist | 46,300 INR | +30% |
Clinical Laboratory Technician | 26,900 INR | -24% |
Clinical Microbiologist | 61,300 INR | +72% |
Clinical Molecular Geneticist | 51,100 INR | +43% |
Clinical Neuropsychologist | 64,600 INR | +81% |
Clinical Research Coordinator | 34,700 INR | -3% |
Clinical Scientist | 62,700 INR | +76% |
Clinician | 57,000 INR | +60% |
CME Specialist | 49,900 INR | +40% |
Contact Tracer | 26,600 INR | -25% |
CT Technologist | 29,300 INR | -18% |
Cytogenetic Technologist | 43,700 INR | +23% |
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Dispensing Optician | 28,500 INR | -20% |
Dosimetrist | 41,600 INR | +17% |
EKG Technician | 28,500 INR | -20% |
Endoscopic Assistant | 25,700 INR | -28% |
Endoscopy Technician | 25,300 INR | -29% |
Enterostomal Therapist | 40,900 INR | +15% |
Epidemiologist | 51,500 INR | +45% |
FGP Ultrasound Techncian | 25,700 INR | -28% |
Geriatric Care Technologist | 42,300 INR | +19% |
Health Data Analyst | 28,500 INR | -20% |
Health Informatics Specialist | 30,600 INR | -14% |
Health Information Exchange Specialist | 34,700 INR | -3% |
Health Systems Specialist | 37,100 INR | +4% |
Health Technologist | 41,600 INR | +17% |
Healthcare Data Analyst | 30,900 INR | -13% |
Healthcare Data Scientist | 43,200 INR | +21% |
Healthcare Information Technology Specialist | 40,100 INR | +13% |
Healthcare Robotics Engineer | 31,300 INR | -12% |
Hearing Aid Specialist | 32,300 INR | -9% |
Hemodialysis Technician | 30,400 INR | -15% |
Histology Technician | 26,600 INR | -25% |
Histotechnologist | 39,400 INR | +11% |
ICD-10 Coder | 21,900 INR | -39% |
Immunologist | 57,400 INR | +61% |
Industrial Hygienist | 40,400 INR | +13% |
Infection Control Coordinator | 29,500 INR | -17% |
Infection Control Practitioner | 64,800 INR | +82% |
Infection Preventionist | 46,600 INR | +31% |
Informatics Practice Specialist | 35,200 INR | -1% |
Interventional Radiographer | 49,900 INR | +40% |
Lab Assistant | 23,800 INR | -33% |
Laboratory Manager | 45,100 INR | +27% |
Laboratory Supervisor | 40,400 INR | +13% |
Laboratory Technician | 23,800 INR | -33% |
Low Vision Therapist | 53,900 INR | +51% |
Mammography Technician | 24,100 INR | -32% |
Medical Coder | 21,800 INR | -39% |
Medical Courier | 17,000 INR | -52% |
Medical Equipment Preparer | 24,900 INR | -30% |
Medical Forms Designer | 20,600 INR | -42% |
Medical Physicist | 69,400 INR | +95% |
Medical Technologist | 26,900 INR | -24% |
MRI Technologist | 24,900 INR | -30% |
Music Therapist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Neonatologist | 67,900 INR | +91% |
Neurodiagnostic Techncian | 25,300 INR | -29% |
Neuropsychology Testing Assistant | 22,600 INR | -37% |
Nuclear Medical Technician | 34,700 INR | -3% |
Nuclear Medicine Technolgoist | 34,700 INR | -3% |
Nutrition Assistant | 24,700 INR | -31% |
Occupaitional Therapy Assistant | 26,100 INR | -27% |
Operating Room Scheduler | 23,000 INR | -35% |
Operating Room Services Director | 71,300 INR | +100% |
Ophthalmic Assistant | 26,500 INR | -26% |
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technician | 26,500 INR | -26% |
Ophthalmic Medical Technician | 26,500 INR | -26% |
Ophthalmic Technologist | 26,500 INR | -26% |
Optician | 55,400 INR | +56% |
Orthopedic Technician | 26,500 INR | -26% |
Orthoptist | 71,300 INR | +100% |
Orthotist | 71,300 INR | +100% |
Pathology Assistant | 24,900 INR | -30% |
Perfusionist | 79,200 INR | +120% |
Phlebotomist | 19,000 INR | -47% |
Phlebotomy Technician | 19,600 INR | -45% |
Positron Emission Tomography Technologist | 30,500 INR | -14% |
Pre Authorization Case Manager | 36,100 INR | +1% |
Prosthetist | 59,400 INR | +67% |
Radiation Therapist | 87,100 INR | +140% |
Radiation Therapy Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Radiographer | 57,400 INR | +61% |
Radiography Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Radiologic Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Radiology Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Remote Patient Monitoring Specialist | 32,800 INR | -8% |
Respiratory Care Practitioner | 66,500 INR | +87% |
Respiratory Therapist | 49,900 INR | +40% |
Respiratory Therapy Technician | 29,300 INR | -18% |
Robotics Surgical Technician | 36,200 INR | +2% |
Sonographer | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Sonography Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Speech and Language Pathologist | 53,400 INR | +50% |
Telemedicine Specialist | 45,600 INR | +28% |
Therapeutics Specialist | 44,700 INR | +25% |
Ultrasonographer | 28,500 INR | -20% |
Ultrasound Technologist | 27,300 INR | -23% |
Vascular Technologist | 24,900 INR | -30% |
Virtual / Augmented Reality Medical Training Specialist | 38,000 INR | +7% |
X-Ray Technologist | 35,600 INR | -0% |
Where can you get paid more, working in a private company or the government? The difference between the public or government sector salaries and the private sector salaries in India is 5% on average across all career fields.
Private Sector | 31,100 INR | |
Public Sector | +5% | 32,800 INR |
A good and competitive compensation would range anywhere between 31,800 INR and 35,900 INR. This is a very rough estimate. Experience and education play a very huge part in the final earnings.
All salary and compensation figures displayed here are gross salary figures, that is the salary before tax deductions. Because taxes may differ across sectors and locations, it is difficult to accurately calculate the net salary after tax for every career.
The base salary for a careers like Radiologic Technologist in India ranges from 19,200 INR to 26,600 INR. The base salary depends on many factors including experience and education. It is not easy to provide a figure with very little information, so take this range with a grain of salt.
Both are indicators. If your salary is higher than both the average and the median then you are doing very well. If your salary is lower than both, then many people earn more than you and there is plenty of room for improvement. If your wage is between the average and the median, then things can be a bit complicated. We wrote a guide to explain all about the different scenarios. How to compare your salary