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Hiring difficulty · Tulsa, OK

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians hiring difficulty in Tulsa, OK

Tulsa, OK scores 3.2 out of 10 for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, in the standard band. That is a quieter market on this measure than the hard band, which starts at 7.0. BLS projects 13.0 thousand openings a year for this occupation on a 234.2 thousand employment base in 2025, or 5.6 percent, and employment growth of 5.0 percent from 2025 to 2035. Those two national figures are the same in every metro for this occupation. This metro has a thicker supply of these workers than the national mix. The location quotient is 1.42 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 2.109 of these jobs per 1,000 jobs in the metro. That count is shown here and is not a score input. In Oklahoma, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 5.3%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 44.6 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). Metro median pay is $67,330 a year, under both the Oklahoma median of $74,160 and the U.S. median of $80,110 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 970 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types): the extract holds 715 organization records with a practice ZIP in this metro (retrieved September 28, 2026). That count is the same for every role in Tulsa. This set of 80 metros places Tulsa at rank 61 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.

Public market difficulty score
3.2
Standard

Demand from national projections, the local pay premium, and a supply modifier. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$67,330
Oklahoma $74,160 · U.S. $80,110. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$83,550
Oklahoma $83,070 · U.S. $98,750. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
44.6 days
All industries, Oklahoma, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 101 thousand openings and 69 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
5.3%
All industries, Oklahoma, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
715
Same number for every role in this metro. CMS NPPES organization records with a practice ZIP here, retrieved September 28, 2026. Provider types on file: clinics, home health, hospitals, pharmacies, physical therapy, rehabilitation, skilled nursing. Oklahoma and Texas city snapshot, so this is records on file, not a count for this occupation.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Oklahoma. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 970 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 1.42. Jobs per 1,000 in the metro: 2.109. Metro area: Tulsa, OK.

PercentileMetroOKU.S.
25th$61,400$61,850$64,810
Median$67,330$74,160$80,110
75th$83,550$83,070$98,750

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentWeightInputScoreReading
Projected openings19.6%5.6%5.5Annual projected openings divided by 2025 employment, 13.0 thousand openings on a 234.2 thousand base. BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035. Higher rate, higher component. Scaled across the 20 occupations on this grid that have a projection.
Projected growth23.9%5.0%5.4Percent change in employment from 2025 to 2035. Same national figure in every metro. Higher growth, higher component.
Pay versus U.S. median43.5%0.84×0.7Metro median $67,330 divided by the U.S. median $80,110 for this occupation. Higher ratio, higher component. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages.
Location quotient8.7%1.421.3A thicker supply of these workers than the national mix. BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component, and only as a modifier. Ranked among the 1,733 scored pages.
Statewide labor market4.3%5.3% · 44.6 days9.3Mean of two ranks among 51 states and DC: the December 2025 total-nonfarm openings rate (component 9.7) and the hiring pace (component 9.0). Same number for every role in Oklahoma.

Shown score 3.2 is the weighted average, rounded half up to one decimal. When this occupation is not a primary-care, dental, or mental-health match, the shortage weight is left out and the other weights are scaled to 100 percent. Full method

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