Staff radiographer vs lead radiologic technologist

The differences between staff radiographers and lead radiologic technologists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a staff radiographer and a lead radiologic technologist. Additionally, a staff radiographer has an average salary of $57,925, which is higher than the $56,004 average annual salary of a lead radiologic technologist.

The top three skills for a staff radiographer include registry, patients and radiology. The most important skills for a lead radiologic technologist are patients, ARRT, and patient care.

Staff radiographer vs lead radiologic technologist overview

	Staff Radiographer	Lead Radiologic Technologist
Yearly salary	$57,925	$56,004
Hourly rate	$27.85	$26.93
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	90,920	66,931
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 70%	Associate Degree, 65%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Staff radiographer vs lead radiologic technologist salary

Staff radiographers and lead radiologic technologists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Staff Radiographer	Lead Radiologic Technologist
Average salary	$57,925	$56,004
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $100,000	Between $33,000 And $92,000
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Differences between staff radiographer and lead radiologic technologist education

There are a few differences between a staff radiographer and a lead radiologic technologist in terms of educational background:

	Staff Radiographer	Lead Radiologic Technologist
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 70%	Associate Degree, 65%
Most common major	Medical Technician	Medical Technician
Most common college	Texas A&M University	University of Southern California

Staff radiographer vs lead radiologic technologist demographics

Here are the differences between staff radiographers' and lead radiologic technologists' demographics:

	Staff Radiographer	Lead Radiologic Technologist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 28.1% Female, 71.9%	Male, 38.3% Female, 61.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 6.0% White, 73.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 5.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 6.0% White, 73.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between staff radiographer and lead radiologic technologist duties and responsibilities

Staff radiographer example responsibilities.

Reason for leaving are to attain MRI employment and more experience.
Accomplish surgical studies utilizing a portable c-arm digital fluoroscopic machine under the direction of a physician.
Register all patients for radiology exam using meditech and ECW.
Train on PACS in both modalities.
Perform routine x-rays, mammo's, and dexa's.
Work with digital PACS program and train as a super user.

Lead radiologic technologist example responsibilities.

Initiate, achieve and comply with ACR accreditation standards.
Develop and manage resources to include payroll, non-payroll, and capital equipment budgets as well as space requirements.
Manage ACR accreditation compliance process.
Full range of supervisor duties including payroll, performance evaluations, budgetary oversight, new staff orientation and training.
Experience using PACS, digital radiology equipment, digital mammography equipment and electronic medical records.
Perform radiation safety for patients and assure radiation safety for personnel during procedure by maintaining radiation dosages as low as possible.

Staff radiographer vs lead radiologic technologist skills

Common staff radiographer skills

Registry, 12%
Patients, 12%
Radiology, 10%
Radiation Safety, 9%
Fluoroscopy, 6%
C-Arm, 6%

Common lead radiologic technologist skills

Patients, 20%
ARRT, 11%
Patient Care, 10%
Radiologic Technologist, 7%
Radiologic Procedures, 4%
Patient Flow, 3%

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