Medical Radiation Technologist Salary Canada

Average Medical Radiation Technologist Salary :: Medical Radiation Technologist Wages in Canada

The table below details the hourly wages for Medical Radiation Technologists. The Canadian national occupation classification code (NOC) for this employment is 3215.

Job titles and exact duties vary in this occupation and examples of some job titles are: mammography technician, radiation therapist, X-ray technician and radiation therapy technologist (RTT).

The pay information below has been split into rough bands as follows:
  • Low pay: The bottom 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • High pay: The top 10 percent of workers earn this.
  • Average pay: The average wage in this sector after removing the bottom 10 percent and the top 10 percent of workers. Average pay is then calculated on the remaining 80 percent of workers' wages.

According to the latest figures, the highest hourly average wages are earned in Calgary, Alberta at $35.08 per hour and the lowest average wages are earned in Montreal, Quebec at $23 per hour.

The largest sector of employment for medical radiation technologists is health care and social assistance. The average weekly earnings for the health care and social assistance sector as a whole were $800.90 in February 2011, an increase of 3.3% on the previous year when average weekly earnings were $775.57. Assuming an average working week of 36 hours, hourly average earnings in the sector for February 2011 are $22.25.

Average Hourly Wages for
Medical Radiation Technologists in Canada

Location Low Wage
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per hr
Average
$
per hr
High Wage
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per hr

Year
Calgary - Alberta* 31.18 35.08 40.50 2009
Edmonton - Alberta* 32.07 34.61 37.36 2009
Vancouver / Lower Mainland Southwest - British Columbia 18.50 31.33 38.61 2011
Winnipeg - Manitoba 24.31 31.85 41.98 2011
Fredericton - New Brunswick 19.66 - 48.17 2010
Halifax - Nova Scotia 24.55 32.00 40.35 2010
Toronto - Ontario 25.00 33.75 41.20 2010
Hamilton / Niagara Peninsula / Brantford - Ontario 27.50 34.58 40.90 2010
Kitchener / Waterloo / Barrie / Guelph - Ontario 27.60 33.27 38.12 2010
Ottawa - Ontario 24.72 33.33 38.65 2010
Prince Edward Island 23.95 - 41.95 2011
Montreal - Quebec 19.50 23.00 28.50 2008
Saskatoon and Rural West - Saskatchewan 25.00 31.00 41.00 2010





* 5th percentile, median, 95th percentile bands used.