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Rad Tech III Salary in Connecticut

How much does a Rad Tech III make in Connecticut?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Rad Tech III in Connecticut is $87,700 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $42.

However, a Rad Tech III's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $106,231
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $78,100 to $97,400
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $69,360

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Rad Tech III Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$97,400	$8,117	$1,873	$47
Average	$87,700	$7,308	$1,687	$42
25th Percentile	$78,100	$6,508	$1,502	$38

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Key Factors That Influence Rad Tech III Salaries

A Rad Tech III's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Rad Tech Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Rad Tech III's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Rad Tech I (0-1 years): $59,791
Radiographer II (1-3 years): $65,809
Rad Tech III (3-5 years): $87,656
Head Radiologic Technologist (5+ years): $103,008

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
Rad Tech I	0-1 years	$59,791
Radiographer II	1-3 years	$65,809
Rad Tech III	3-5 years	$87,656
Head Radiologic Technologist	5+ years	$103,008

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What Am I Worth?

How Do Rad Tech III Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Rad Tech IIIs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $90,900.
California: $90,500.
Massachusetts: $89,300.

District of Columbia $90,900 California $90,500 Massachusetts $89,300 Washington $89,000 New Jersey $89,000 Alaska $88,800 Connecticut $87,700 New York $87,200

Hawaii $85,800 Rhode Island $85,100 Maryland $84,600 Minnesota $84,000 Illinois $83,700 Colorado $83,700 Oregon $83,300 Delaware $83,100

New Hampshire $83,000 Virginia $82,600 Pennsylvania $81,700 Nevada $81,200 North Dakota $81,100 Michigan $80,800 Wisconsin $80,700 Vermont $80,600

Texas $80,100 Arizona $80,000 Maine $80,000 Ohio $79,900 Georgia $79,200 Indiana $78,800 Wyoming $78,700 Utah $78,600

Iowa $78,500 Kansas $78,200 Louisiana $78,000 North Carolina $78,000 Missouri $78,000 Florida $77,700 Montana $77,500 Nebraska $77,300

Kentucky $77,200 South Carolina $76,900 Tennessee $76,700 Idaho $76,600 New Mexico $76,000 Oklahoma $75,900 Alabama $75,400 South Dakota $74,600

Arkansas $74,100 West Virginia $73,900 Mississippi $73,200

Top Paying Cities for Rad Tech IIIs

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Old Mystic: $86,300
Oneco: $86,100
Avon: $86,500

Old Mystic, CT $86,300 Oneco, CT $86,100 Avon, CT $86,500 Bloomfield, CT $86,500 Windsor, CT $86,500 Bristol, CT $86,500 Burlington, CT $86,500 Broad Brook, CT $86,000

Canaan, CT $86,100 Canton, CT $86,400 Canton Center, CT $86,400 Colebrook, CT $86,100 Collinsville, CT $86,400 East Berlin, CT $86,400 East Canaan, CT $86,200 East Glastonbury, CT $86,500

East Granby, CT $86,100 East Hartland, CT $85,800 East Windsor Hill, CT $86,500 Ellington, CT $85,900 Farmington, CT $86,400 Falls Village, CT $86,400 Glastonbury, CT $86,500 Granby, CT $85,900

Berlin, CT $86,400 Lakeville, CT $86,500 Manchester, CT $86,500 Bolton, CT $86,400 New Britain, CT $86,400 New Hartford, CT $86,500 Norfolk, CT $86,300 North Canton, CT $86,300

North Granby, CT $85,600 Pine Meadow, CT $86,400 Plainville, CT $86,400 Barkhamsted, CT $86,300 Poquonock, CT $86,500 Riverton, CT $86,100 Vernon Rockville, CT $86,300 Rocky Hill, CT $86,400

Salisbury, CT $85,900 Sharon, CT $87,100 Simsbury, CT $86,400 Somers, CT $85,200 Somersville, CT $85,100 South Glastonbury, CT $86,500 South Windsor, CT $86,500 North Windham, CT $86,300

Pomfret Center, CT $86,200 Putnam, CT $86,200 Quinebaug, CT $86,200 Rogers, CT $86,200 Scotland, CT $86,300 South Willington, CT $86,100 South Windham, CT $86,300 South Woodstock, CT $86,200

Storrs Mansfield, CT $86,200 Thompson, CT $86,200 Ashford, CT $86,100 Willington, CT $86,100 Windham, CT $86,300 Woodstock, CT $86,200 Woodstock Valley, CT $86,100 New London, CT $86,300

Baltic, CT $86,300 Canterbury, CT $86,300 Central Village, CT $86,200 East Lyme, CT $86,300 Bozrah, CT $86,300 Gales Ferry, CT $86,300 Gilman, CT $86,300 Mashantucket, CT $86,300

Ledyard, CT $86,300 Groton, CT $86,300 Hanover, CT $86,300 Jewett City, CT $86,300 Montville, CT $86,300 Moosup, CT $86,200 Mystic, CT $86,300 Niantic, CT $86,300

North Stonington, CT $86,300 Norwich, CT $86,300 Preston, CT $86,300 Oakdale, CT $86,300 Old Lyme, CT $86,500 Stafford, CT $85,700 Stafford Springs, CT $85,800 Staffordville, CT $85,600

Suffield, CT $85,100 Taconic, CT $86,200 Tariffville, CT $86,300 Enfield, CT $85,100 Tolland, CT $86,000 Unionville, CT $86,500 East Windsor, CT $85,900 Weatogue, CT $86,500

West Granby, CT $86,100 West Hartland, CT $85,900 West Simsbury, CT $86,400 West Suffield, CT $85,100 Winchester Center, CT $86,400 Windsor Locks, CT $85,900 Winsted, CT $86,400 Hartford, CT $86,600

West Hartford, CT $86,500 East Hartford, CT $86,600 Wethersfield, CT $86,500 Newington, CT $86,400 Plainfield, CT $86,200 Quaker Hill, CT $86,300 South Lyme, CT $86,400 Sterling, CT $86,100

Stonington, CT $86,300 Pawcatuck, CT $86,300 Taftville, CT $86,300 Uncasville, CT $86,300 Versailles, CT $86,300 Voluntown, CT $86,200 Waterford, CT $86,300 Wauregan, CT $86,200

West Mystic, CT $86,300 Yantic, CT $86,300 Ansonia, CT $88,000 Beacon Falls, CT $87,800 Botsford, CT $89,400 Branford, CT $87,200 Cheshire, CT $87,100 Centerbrook, CT $86,800

Chester, CT $86,800 Clinton, CT $87,200 Cobalt, CT $86,500 Colchester, CT $86,500 Cromwell, CT $86,400 Deep River, CT $86,800 Derby, CT $88,400 Killingworth, CT $87,000

Salem, CT $86,400 Durham, CT $86,800 East Haddam, CT $86,600 East Hampton, CT $86,600 Essex, CT $86,700 Guilford, CT $87,300 Haddam, CT $86,700 Hadlyme, CT $86,600

Hawleyville, CT $89,200 Higganum, CT $86,800 Ivoryton, CT $86,800 Madison, CT $87,200 Marion, CT $86,800 Marlborough, CT $86,500 Meriden, CT $86,600 Middlefield, CT $86,600

Middle Haddam, CT $86,600 Middletown, CT $86,500 Milford, CT $89,700 Milldale, CT $86,700 Monroe, CT $90,600 Moodus, CT $86,600 Newtown, CT $89,400 North Branford, CT $87,200

Northford, CT $87,200 North Haven, CT $87,100 North Westchester, CT $86,400 Old Saybrook, CT $86,700 Orange, CT $87,500 Oxford, CT $88,500 Plantsville, CT $86,700 Portland, CT $86,500

Rockfall, CT $86,600 Sandy Hook, CT $89,300 Seymour, CT $88,100 Shelton, CT $90,300 South Britain, CT $88,800 Southbury, CT $88,800 Southington, CT $86,400 Stevenson, CT $90,800

Wallingford, CT $87,000 Stratford, CT $92,000 Westbrook, CT $87,000 New Haven, CT $87,000 East Haven, CT $87,000 Hamden, CT $87,100 West Haven, CT $87,100 Bethany, CT $87,400

Woodbridge, CT $87,200 Willimantic, CT $86,300 Abington, CT $86,200 Amston, CT $86,400 Andover, CT $86,400 Ballouville, CT $86,100 Brooklyn, CT $86,200 Chaplin, CT $86,300

Columbia, CT $86,400 Coventry, CT $86,300 Danielson, CT $86,100 Dayville, CT $86,100 Eastford, CT $86,200 East Killingly, CT $86,000 East Woodstock, CT $86,200 Fabyan, CT $86,200

Grosvenor Dale, CT $86,200 Hampton, CT $86,200 Hebron, CT $86,400 Lebanon, CT $86,300 Mansfield Center, CT $86,300 Mansfield Depot, CT $86,300 North Franklin, CT $86,300 North Grosvenordale, CT $86,200

Pomfret, CT $86,200 Bridgeport, CT $92,300 Trumbull, CT $91,800 Easton, CT $91,700 Waterbury, CT $87,300 Prospect, CT $87,300 Wolcott, CT $86,800 Bantam, CT $87,600

Bethlehem, CT $87,800 Cornwall, CT $87,200 Cornwall Bridge, CT $87,700 Gaylordsville, CT $88,500 Goshen, CT $87,000 Kent, CT $87,900 Lakeside, CT $87,700 Litchfield, CT $87,300

Middlebury, CT $87,900 Morris, CT $87,600 Naugatuck, CT $87,700 New Milford, CT $88,800 New Preston Marble Dale, CT $88,100 Northfield, CT $87,000 Oakville, CT $87,400 Pequabuck, CT $86,700

Plymouth, CT $87,000 Roxbury, CT $88,700 Sherman, CT $88,900 South Kent, CT $88,100 Terryville, CT $86,800 Thomaston, CT $87,100 Torrington, CT $86,800 Harwinton, CT $86,800

Washington, CT $88,300 Washington Depot, CT $88,300 Watertown, CT $87,500 West Cornwall, CT $87,000 Woodbury, CT $88,200 Bethel, CT $89,300 Brookfield, CT $89,200 Cos Cob, CT $93,000

Danbury, CT $89,200 New Fairfield, CT $89,200 Darien, CT $93,000 Fairfield, CT $92,200 Georgetown, CT $91,500 Greenwich, CT $93,000 Greens Farms, CT $92,100 New Canaan, CT $92,600

Norwalk, CT $92,700 Old Greenwich, CT $93,000 Redding Center, CT $90,600 Redding Ridge, CT $90,600 Ridgefield, CT $89,800 Riverside, CT $93,000 Westport, CT $92,100 Weston, CT $91,800

Southport, CT $92,200 Redding, CT $90,400 Wilton, CT $91,900 Stamford, CT $93,100 Bridgewater, CT $89,000

Rad Tech III Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Rad Tech III salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $93,144. While startup companies pay approximate $79,333.

Rad Tech III Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$79,333
Growth Stage	51~500	$83,755
Established	501~5000	$90,103
Enterprise	5000+	$93,144

Rad Tech III Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Rad Tech III roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit, offers compensation 20% above the average. Conversely, Rad Tech positions in Healthcare typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Rad Tech III as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for a Rad Tech III

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$105,240	$51.0	20%

Rad Tech III Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Rad Tech III's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$78,100

Average $87,700/year

$97,400

$6,508

Average $7,308/month

$8,117

$1,502

Average $1,687/week

$1,873

$38

Average $42/hour

$47

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$97,400	$8,117	$1,873	$47
Average	$87,700	$7,308	$1,687	$42
25th Percentile	$78,100	$6,508	$1,502	$38

Rad Tech III Salary Growth & Career Path

Rad Tech III

Head Radiologic Technologist

For a Rad Tech III, the most direct path to higher earnings is advancing to the Head Radiologic Technologist role. This promotion typically comes with a significant pay increase, bringing the average annual salary to $103,100 - a projected growth of 18% over your current level.

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