Interventional radiologists are paid to use invasive measures to treat disease.
Diagnostic radiologists are some of the highest paid physicians in the medical field. Interventional radiologists use surgical techniques in conjunction with radiologic diagnosis and treatment to treat patients with various types of cancer. Compared to the salaries earned by other surgeons, interventional radiologists can generally expect to make almost double the annual salary.
Median Salary
The median salary of an inverventional radiologist was $478,000 per year as of 2009, according to the American Medical Group 2010 Physician Compensation Survey. This salary was slightly higher than the salaries earned by non-interventional radiologists, who earned a median salary of $438,115. By comparison, the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the average salary of surgeons across all areas of medical specialization was $225,390 as of May 2010.
Starting Salaries
The starting salary for interventional radiologists was also reported by the American Medical Group Association's survey. As of 2009, the starting salary for interventional radiologists was $435,000 per year, a salary still more than double the average salary for all other surgeons. Non-interventional radiologists, in contrast, made an average starting salary of $390,000 per year.
Regional Salaries
According to the American Medical Group Association's survey of medical salaries, the average salary of interventional radiologists can be broken down by the earnings of radiologists in different regions of the U.S. According to the survey, the top-paid interventional radiologists worked in the northern portion of the U.S., earning average annual salaries of $511,485 per year as of 2009. Those working in the southern portion of the U.S. earned $478,000 per year. In the eastern and western U.S., interventional radiologists earned an average of $407,184 and $464,542, respectively.
Job Outlook
The job outlook for the medical field is expected to be very good for physicians and surgeons from 2008 to 2018. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an increase of 22 more jobs is expected by 2018. The bureau indicates that many of these jobs will result from an increased need for medical care for a growing elderly population. Interventional radiologists, who regularly treat older patients who developed cancers associated with old age, will be in a position to benefit from this job market.
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