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ARRT certification (radiologic technologist)
The national certification behind almost every medical imaging job in the United States — and one of the few where the issuing body publishes how many people hold it, so the gap against employment can actually be seen.
Akukho manani entengo aqinisekisiwe.
Akukho sikhathi sokuzivocavoca esifanayo — simiswa isimo ngasinye.
Akukho sikhathi sokukhokha emuva — akukho zindleko ezizokhokhwa emuva. Ipremiyamu ingaphansi.
Uma akukho sithombe esiphezulu esingaqinisekiswa sishicilela lutho ngaphandle kokulinganisa.
Kungani asikho isilinganiso semali lapha
No cost figure appears here because we could not source one honestly. Federal programme-level data is published at four-digit CIP granularity, and radiography sits inside CIP 51.09 together with respiratory therapy, surgical technology and several other allied-health programmes. Publishing that blended figure as the cost of a radiography education would be a number about something else wearing this page's label, so there is none.
ARRT requires an accredited educational programme, which for the radiography pathway means an associate degree or higher — normally two years full time — plus documented clinical competencies and a national exam.
Certification renews annually and requires 24 hours of continuing education every two years.
Ingabe abantu abaningi bagcina lokhu, futhi bangaki abasebenza kule ndawo
Inani elishiya umlinganiso womsebenzi ngaphandle
I- 371,444 people holding at least one ARRT credential i-%s 2026, i-akhawunti ye-akhawunti 308,030 isebenza ezimbonini ezizo — 82.9%. Okushiya 63,414 i-Akhawunti
Lo mkhuba ukhona futhi ukhona futhi ukhona. Ukubamba igunya akuyona into efanayo njengokubheka umsebenzi ngaleyo. Ibanga liqukethe wonke umuntu osuka ku-management, ukuqeqesha, ukuthengisa, ukuhlola noma umsebenzi ophathelene nedatha yezwe efile ngaphansi komsebenzi ohlukile; wonke umuntu osuka noma washiya ngaphandle kokunikela igunya; wonke umuntu osebenza isikhathi esincane, inhlangano noma osebenza ngokwakhe ngendlela ucwaningo lomsebenzi alutholakali; futhi wonke umuntu ogcina njengentambo yesithathu kusinye umsebenzi. Ngakho ibanga liyi-CEILING mayelana nokuthi abantu abaningi abaqeqeshiwe abasebenzanga kule ndawo — isithombe sangempela siphansi, futhi akuyona ukubala kwanoma ngubani ongekho emisebenzini. Okuthi iqembu liyibeke yisayizi ye-pool isithombe semali esishicilelwe sikhala, okuyinto engakhokhwa iwebhusayithi ibonisa wena.
Izingxenye ezimbili zihlala zibala. Abanikazi ngesonto elilodwa elingasebenzi ngesikhathi - uhlobo olufanayo lobukhulu, okuyinto isizathu kuphela ezimbini zingahlukaniswa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Igama le-akhawunti: Individuals — not credentials. ARRT publishes both: 371,444 people between them hold 588,615 credentials, because a technologist commonly certifies in more than one modality. 341,659 of them hold the radiography credential. The count includes holders outside the 50 states (Canada 708, other countries 259, military addresses 167); the US states-only subtotal is 369,872. It counts everyone whose credential is current, including people who have stopped working but keep renewing.
Isibalo: people holding at least one ARRT credential = 371,444 (Standing count of people holding the credential, ARRT census, last updated July 2026) · ARRT, Credential Statistics by Location and Discipline census · isithombe
The four occupations below are the ones ARRT credentials are for. Some holders work as diagnostic medical sonographers, imaging managers, educators or equipment applications specialists, all of which federal data files elsewhere — which is part of why the unaccounted-for figure is a ceiling rather than a measurement.
Yini ekwenzeke kubantu abaqedile ukuqeqeshwa
Iminyaka emihlanu ngemuva kokuqedwa — isithombe sekhodi yephrojekthi, hhayi le misebenzi kuphela
noma 29,788 abantu abaqedile Allied health diagnostic and treatment, associate's degree futhi bebengafundanga iminyaka emine ngemuva kwalokho, 1,226 ayikho imali engenayo ebhalwe phansi — 4.1%. Abasebenza bathola umphakathi we-R1 100 000 $65,389, ngengxenye ephakathi phakathi $46,431 futhi $84,999.
“Akukho inzuzo ebhalwe phansi” akuyona “imisebenzi engasebenzi”. Umbiko we-2015 we-National Statistics Office (NSO) ukhombisa ukuthi i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ezweni lonke basebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ukhombisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS. Umbiko ubonisa ukuthi i-NHS ikhokhela i-10% yabasebenzi base-Afrika abasebenza ngaphansi kwe-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-NHS.
Le nombolo ayifani nemisebenzi enjalo. I-Federal government ishicilela izimpendulo zezinhlelo ezingenalutho, futhi lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ikhodi labo nabanye. Ngakho-ke, isithombe sichaza wonke umuntu oqedile noma yini ngaphansi kwalo khodi kulo mqondo, hhayi abantu abahamba phambili ukwenza le misebenzi kuphela.
Igama lephrojekthi: CIP 51.09 is the broadest code on this page and it is shared. Radiography, respiratory therapy, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, sonography, perfusion, athletic training and physician assistant studies are all inside it, and the Department publishes no split. At associate level the code is dominated by imaging, respiratory and surgical technology; at master's level by physician assistant programmes, which is why the earnings jump. No figure here is specific to any one of those occupations and it must not be quoted as though it were.
The associate level of this code is dominated by imaging, respiratory therapy and surgical technology together. It is the closest federal measurement to a radiography outcome and it is still not one.
Obani abakhona: completers abatholayo usizo lokufunda i-federal - cishe ingxenye yabafundi base-US, futhi enye ingxenye ayilinganisiwe lapha. Abantu abaye bafunda kabanzi bakhona emkhakheni othile. I-Isikhungo sicindezela izinhlangano ezinezinhlaka ezincane kakhulu zokushicilela futhi singeza umsindo we-statistics eqenjini, ngakho lokhu kuyinani elingaphezulu kwezinhlangano ezikhulu ngokwanele ukukhombisa: 487 100% 84.6% i-10% yemali ekhokhwa yi-IFP ezweni lonke Ukususa ama-program ancane kakhulu olwazisa ahamba nezinga 0.1 amaphuzu
Umsuka: US Department of Education, College Scorecard, Field of Study data, 2026 — release of 10 June 2026; measured four years after completion · isithombe · isithombe esifanayo sohlelo ngalunye esikwazi ukushicilela
Izinto ezikuvumela ukuthi ukwenze
Imali ihlobene nemisebenzi, hhayi negunya. Lawa msebenzi akusho ukuthi ufanele usebenze.
| Imisebenzi | Ingabe kudingeka? | I-median | Abasebenza |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | Legally required to hold the job | $80,110 | 230,490 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists ARRT is one of two routes into MRI; ARDMS certifies the other. |
Not legally required, but the usual route | $95,480 | 43,390 |
| Nuclear Medicine Technologists ARRT and the NMTCB both certify this work. |
Not legally required, but the usual route | $101,370 | 17,080 |
| Radiation Therapists | Legally required to hold the job | $105,310 | 17,070 |
Imali ephakathi nemisebenzi: I-BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Ingabe ikhokhela ngokwayo?
Umsebenzi ovula lokhu ukhokha umphakathi we $80,110, 1.1 $50,020 ngaphesheya nganoma iyiphi umsebenzi sishicilela - premium mayelana $30,090 singakwazi ukushintsha lokho kube yisikhathi sokubuyiselwa imali, ngoba akukho sithombe esithembekile esikhona sokuthi yini le mali edingekayo ukuthola - inhlamvu ye-calculation ikhona futhi ishicilelwe, kanti enye inhlamvu asinayo.
Funda lokhu njengelinganiso kumsebenzi ojwayelekile, hhayi kumsebenzi wakho. Yini le sisekelo, nokuthi yini eshiya ngaphandle
futhi icabanga ukuthi uthola umsebenzi. Wonke umbhalo wokukhokha emuva kule sayithi uhambisana nokusebenza. Lokhu kuyisinqumo sokuba umsebenzisi ogunyaziwe uthola ubalo phezulu ukhona ukubheka, futhi kuyisinqumo sokuba wonke amanye amasayithi okukhokha akwenza ngokucophelela.
Odingayo ngaphambi kokuqala
- An ARRT-recognised educational programme
- Documented clinical competency requirements
- An ethics review — ARRT screens convictions individually
Ungayenzi lokhu uma
- you are not prepared to keep certifying — most technologists add modalities over a career, and each is another exam
- you cannot meet the clinical-competency requirements, which need a placement, not just coursework
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