Only 48% of current radiologist job listings include a salary estimate

Less than half of radiologist job listings in the U.S. include a salary estimate. 

That’s according to a new analysis from radiology artificial intelligence developer Kirill Lopatin, released on Tuesday. Lopatin utilized AI to analyze over 5,000 active radiologist employment listings from sources such as the ACR and RSNA job boards. 

He estimated that only 47.6% of listings offer a salary figure for potential candidates. 

“The rest leave you guessing—and guessing wrong either costs you the candidate or [forces you to] overpay by six figures,” Lopatin, who is founder and CEO of xAID, wrote on LinkedIn July 7. 

To close this information gap, Lopatin developed a free calculator for radiology compensation. The AI tool allows radiologists to pick their state, subspecialty and practice ownership model to see “what a competitive 2026 offer really looks like.” 

Based on the model, the median radiologist base salary is about $650,000, with an average of $671,000 and top offers reaching $2.2 million. Sign-on bonuses, meanwhile, can run as high as $500,000. Utah posted the highest average max salary ($857,000), while musculoskeletal imaging is the priciest subspecialty ($736,798). Lopatin also noted that private equity-backed radiology groups are winning against competitors in offering more remote positions (47.4%) and partnership tracks (66.9%). 

The calculator was built using data from RadBoard—an AI-powered, aggregated radiology job board with 6,000-plus listings from over 20 sources—using data as of June 30. Lopatin also released a similar analysis in June, showing that the radiologist shortage is smaller and more local than previously believed.