What Radiologic Technologists and Technicians earn in Newton County, IN
If you are weighing a move or a job offer, start with $82,140: the median annual pay for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN. Spread over a standard 2,080-hour work year, that is $39.49 an hour. Because the wage survey covers the whole Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, the number reflects employers across the region rather than a single town or a single company.
The mean wage is $83,590, which is 1.8% above the median, so pay is spread fairly evenly. The survey counts about 5,650 people working in this occupation across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Newton County, IN has roughly 13,922 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $60,130 a year ($28.91 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $106,150 or more ($51.03 an hour). That is a gap of $46,020 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $67,940 at the 25th percentile and $99,360 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 1.8 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN is $39.49. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $82,140, and the same salary is $6,845 a month before taxes or about $3,159 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $30.72 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Radiologic Technologists and Technicians this way: "Take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. Includes radiologic technologists and technicians who specialize in other scanning modalities."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Review and evaluate developed x-rays, video tape, or computer-generated information to determine if images are satisfactory for diagnostic purposes"; "Operate or oversee operation of radiologic or magnetic imaging equipment to produce images of the body for diagnostic purposes"; "Position patient on examining table and set up and adjust equipment to obtain optimum view of specific body area as requested by physician"; "Process exposed radiographs using film processors or computer generated methods".
Job outlook for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 234,200 jobs in 2025 to 246,000 in 2035, a change of +5%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 13,000 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 5.6% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: associate's degree. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $80,110 for this occupation; the Newton County, IN median of $82,140 is 2.5% above it.
How pay in Newton County, IN compares
Compared with the Indiana average
Newton County, IN pays above the state benchmark. The Indiana employment-weighted average for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $79,332; the local median of $82,140 beats it by $2,808, or 3.5%. Within Indiana, Newton County, IN already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $83,635 across the contiguous United States. At $82,140, Newton County, IN pays $1,495 less, which is 1.8% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Newton County, IN
Among the 618 occupations with published wages in Newton County, IN, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians ranks number 189 by median pay, ahead of about 70% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $293,490 a year, which is $211,350 more than the median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $82,140 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $18,238 a year, which leaves $63,902, or $5,325 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $22 goes to taxes and $78 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 22.2%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $66,390. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 22% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $9,520, an effective 11.6% of gross pay, well below the 22% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $5,093 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $1,191. FICA totals $6,284, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Indiana
Indiana income tax on this salary is $2,434 a year, or 3.0% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 26% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $203 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Newton County, IN
IRS Statistics of Income data for Newton County, IN show an average adjusted gross income of $67,231 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 10.1% across all filers. Filers in the $75,000 to under $100,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 8.2%, compared with the 11.6% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Newton County, IN
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Newton County, IN: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $63,902 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Newton County, IN is $1,176 a month, or $14,112 a year. A two-bedroom costs $1,429 a month. For Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, a one-bedroom absorbs 22.1% of take-home pay and 17.2% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 4.2% of gross pay for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Indiana residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,560 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $366, for $1,927 in total. Gasoline in Indiana averages $3.07 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,421.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $20,896 a year, 33% of take-home pay. That leaves $43,007 a year, or $3,584 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 52.4% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Newton County, IN
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Newton County, IN: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Newton County, IN, set beside the Indiana and national medians.
Property taxes in Newton County, IN
Homeowners in Newton County, IN pay a median of $1,323 a year in real estate taxes, 18% below the Indiana median of $1,614 and 58% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $171,500, the median tax bill is 0.77% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Radiologic Technologists and Technicians median of $82,140, a tax bill of that size would equal 1.6% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Newton County, IN
Renters in Newton County, IN pay a median gross rent of $918 a month in the Census survey, 14% below the Indiana median of $1,062. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $1,176 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $171,500, 21% below the Indiana median of $218,200. Median household income is $75,481, 5% above the Indiana median of $71,957, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 18.7% of that income.
Commuting in Newton County, IN
Workers in Newton County, IN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 33.0 minutes each way, 37% above the Indiana average of 24.1. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 5.5 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 8.6% of workers in Newton County, IN work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Radiologic Technologists and Technicians afford to live in Newton County, IN?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $82,140 that ceiling is $2,054 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,176 is $878 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $22.62 an hour; the median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $39.49, which is 75% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $30.72 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 8.8 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,429 a month means $715 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $5,538 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $48,545.
How fast you can save
At $3,584 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 3 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 6 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Radiologic Technologists and Technicians pay in Newton County, IN
What is the hourly wage for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN?
The median is $39.49 per hour, based on $82,140 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $28.91 at the 10th percentile to $51.03 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $82,140 becomes $63,902 a year. That is $5,325 a month, $2,458 every two weeks or $1,229 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN?
Total taxes are $18,238 a year, an effective rate of 22.2%: $9,520 federal income tax, $6,284 FICA and $2,434 Indiana income tax.
Is pay for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN above the Indiana average?
Yes. The local median of $82,140 is +3.5% versus the Indiana average of $79,332, a difference of $2,808 a year.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Radiologic Technologists and Technicians salary in Newton County, IN?
A one-bedroom costs $1,176 a month against take-home pay of $5,325, which is 22.1% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $2,054 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Newton County, IN?
About $3,584 a month ($43,007 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $20,896 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Newton County, IN at the 30% guideline?
$22.62 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $14,112 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Radiologic Technologists and Technicians is $39.49.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Indiana rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.