Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. Includes radiologic technologists and technicians who specialize in other scanning modalities.
230,490 people do this job in the US. $80,110 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 66%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 7%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 26%. Today's estimate: 27%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perform supervisory duties, such as developing departmental operating budget, coordinating purchases of supplies or equipment, or preparing work schedules.Done daily by most who do it. | 9% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Operate mobile x-ray equipment in operating room, emergency room, or at patient's bedside.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform procedures, such as linear tomography, mammography, sonograms, joint and cyst aspirations, routine contrast studies, routine fluoroscopy, or examinations of the head, trunk, or extremities under supervision of physician.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 33 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Provide assistance to physicians or other technologists in the performance of more complex procedures.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 33 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Operate or oversee operation of radiologic or magnetic imaging equipment to produce images of the body for diagnostic purposes.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min8 min to 38 min | Stays with people | |
| Operate fluoroscope to aid physician to view and guide wire or catheter through blood vessels to area of interest.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 50 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering phones, scheduling patient appointments, or pulling and filing films.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 25 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Record, process, and maintain patient data or treatment records and prepare reports.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Take thorough and accurate patient medical histories.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 21 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Set up examination rooms, ensuring that all necessary equipment is ready.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 4% | 13 min4 min to 21 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare contrast material, radiopharmaceuticals, or anesthetic or antispasmodic drugs under the direction of a radiologist.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 25 min | Stays with people | |
| Monitor patients' conditions and reactions, reporting abnormal signs to physician.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 3% | 13 min4 min to 38 min | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians18% now, 18% by 2028
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers33% now, 33% by 2028
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists61% now, 62% by 2028
- Radiation Therapists27% now, 29% by 2028
- Neurodiagnostic Technologists23% now, 24% by 2028
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists28% now, 29% by 2028
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