xraychick

I'm military; was trained by the USAF. I've been an xray tech for 7 yrs. I've never performed xrays in the civilian sector but some techs in my dept landed jobs between 22 and $27/with ct experience. I do not know that xray techs make more than RN's. Just doesn't seem right to me. Now--from what I've seen you'll make anywhere between $19 and $25 to start but I've never known a BASIC xray tech who made as much or more than an RN. You have to understand that training in other specialities is as important as years of xray experience If you have CT, MRI, MAMMO experience under your belt you will earn wayyy more money than one who just knows basic xray... All in all an xray tech can easily make $50,000 a year. US techs make more than nurses as I understand it but their jobs are BEYOND boring, imo. @LIZZYETTE...You shouldn't have let your counselor talk you out of xray. Anyway I don't know about xray school being too competitive. My training in the air force was strenuous and intensive. 2 yrs of coursework crammed into 14 WEEKS. Then 52 weeks of OJT. Then we had to pass the QC test (ARRT type test which is much more difficult than the ARRT) before we could begin to take the ARRT. Anyway I'm sure you could have done well.