Industry snapshot: Health and medicine jobs

Radiologic technologists and technicians

Average salary: $66,970

Demand: Excellent. A growing, aging population, rapidly advancing technologies, and increasing calls for more diagnostic testing combine to ramp up demand for these specialists to operate imaging equipment.

Qualifications: Degrees from two-to-four year programs with radiography and ultrasound training. Those with expertise in more than one imaging procedure, including CT, MRI, and mammography, have the best job prospects. Most states require licensure.

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Radiologic technologists and technicians Average salary: $66,970 Demand: Excellent. A growing, aging population, rapidly advancing technologies, and increasing calls for more diagnostic testing combine to ramp up demand for these specialists to operate imaging equipment. Qualifications: Degrees from two-to-four year programs with radiography and ultrasound training. Those with expertise in more than one imaging procedure, including CT, MRI, and mammography, have the best job prospects. Most states require licensure.