A nurse's job seems more difficult than an X-Ray tech's job. They deal directly with patients. They go to school for two more years. If they make a mistake, it could cost someone their life.
2006-10-12 09:03:57 · 7 answers · asked by InvisibleWar 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Pay is always about supply and demand, and value to the employer.
If you can make your employer more money they will pay you more. Likewise, is supply is tight, then there is always someone that will pay your employer more.
I suspect it has to do with the value. I'd guess that x-ray techs get more money out of insurance companies than nurses do.
Teachers go to school for 4 years as opposed to nurses' 2 years. Why do teachers generally start much less. In Florida teachers start in the high 20's to low 30's. Nurses start in the high 30's to mid 40's.
Teachers don't make money, they cost money. They only get paid so much because of supply and demand. (Not to say they don't deserve more)
2006-10-12 09:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by Charlie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only way an X-ray tech is getting paid more money is if they've been working at the same place for a long time and have slowly moved up the pay scale, or they also do MRIs, or CTs in which case they have to go for an extra two years of schooling (just as nurses do who have a BSN) Were you referring to LVNs or RNs?
LVNs will not make much money at all compared to an RN, RNs however will receive $5000 sign-on bonuses, and bonuses through out the year, and pay increases when the rest of the hospital staff does not (including X-ray techs, and Respiratory) The reason for this is there is a standard nurse to patient ratio law that was passed and so hospitals are deperate to get as many nurses as possible, hence the rockin' pay.
2006-10-12 09:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by ts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to my salary survey resources, 80% of X-ray techs in the US are paid between 26K and 63K. 80% of LPNs in the US are paid between 22K and 51K. RNs are in the 32k to 81K range.
Clearly, location has a LOT to do with pay. If the X-ray tech is making twice as much as the nurse, then there are too many nurses in the job market there or not enough x-ray techs.
If you are mobile, nurses who travel can make a LOT of money.
Nurse practitioners, of course, make a LOT more money: in the 42K to 104K range, nationally.
X-ray Techs and RNs typically requrie associate's degrees accordnig to my sources, I'm hardly an expert, which means nurses, in general, do not require 2 more years of school. If you are a nurse practitioner making half as much as an x-ray tech, something strange is going on in your market or the admnistration of your workplace compensation plan.
2006-10-12 09:24:45 · answer #3 · answered by nt650_999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like more people are nurses than X-ray techs. Perhaps it's all back to supply and demand.
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2016-10-19 07:01:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because an x-ray tech is bascially putting their lives on the line because of the radiation in the air...they're prone to many more cancers and diseases than nurses
2006-10-12 09:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hazard pay for the X-ray techs. You know exposure to all that radiation can't be good for them.
2006-10-12 09:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋