How Much Does an MRI Tech Make in New Jersey in 2026?

A typical MRI Tech in New Jersey earns about $49.96 per hour ($103,930 per year), according to the latest government wage data (May 2025). That breaks down to roughly $8,661 a month or $1,999 a week, both calculated from the annual figure. These numbers describe pay across hospitals, imaging centers, and outpatient clinics statewide. They give a baseline before experience, city, and employer type start to shift the number up or down.

New Jersey pay sits 9% above the national figures of $45.91 an hour and $95,480 a year. That places New Jersey 14th among all 51 states for MRI Tech pay. About 1,250 MRI Techs work in New Jersey, a workforce that reflects the state's hospital and imaging-center network.

Entry-level positions in New Jersey typically offer around $38.87 an hour ($80,850 a year) when a new MRI Tech starts out. Pay tends to move toward the state's typical figure of $103,930 within the first several years on the job. Employers often weight starting pay by facility type and shift schedule. New technologists in busy hospital settings sometimes see faster increases than those in smaller outpatient clinics.

Experienced MRI Techs in New Jersey often earn upwards of $55.65 an hour ($115,750 a year), and the top 10% of earners make over $62.88 an hour ($130,800 a year). The gap between entry-level and top pay runs $49,950 a year. Setting matters: hospitals and specialty imaging centers tend to pay more than smaller clinics. Experience, certifications, and the city where a technologist works all factor into where someone lands on that scale.

New Jersey MRI Tech pay rose from $80,740 in 2015 to $103,930 in 2025, a gain of $23,190 over the decade. That works out to a 29% increase in typical pay over ten years. The rise was not perfectly steady; pay dipped slightly in 2016 and 2017 before climbing again through 2025. Most of the growth landed in the years after 2019.

Nationally, MRI Tech pay climbed 41% over the same ten years, a faster pace than New Jersey's. Pay in the state has still moved up every year since 2017, and someone starting now enters at a higher point than technologists did a decade ago. Nothing here promises future increases, but the recent trend has been upward.

Pay runs highest in the Newark metro area, where MRI Techs earn $118,360 a year ($56.91 an hour), about 14% above the New Jersey figure overall. Jersey City, part of the same wider metro market, matches that same figure. Vineland and Trenton follow next, both paying just above $102,000 a year for the role.

Camden pays the least among the state's listed metro areas, at $98,620 a year ($47.41 an hour), putting the spread between the highest- and lowest-paying cities at $19,740. Newark also carries the largest MRI Tech workforce in the state, with 3,020 employed in the role. These figures cover each city's full metro area, not just the city itself, and higher pay in Newark and Jersey City generally tracks a higher cost of living.

New Jersey's MRI Tech pay compares favorably with most of its neighbors. New York pays higher, at $113,270 a year, about 9% above New Jersey's figure. Delaware sits nearly even, at $103,510 a year. Pennsylvania trails furthest behind, at $91,120 a year, roughly 12% below New Jersey's typical pay. MRI Tech licensure earned in one of these states can often be transferred or endorsed into a neighboring one, which can simplify a move across state lines.

Typical MRI Tech pay in New Jersey stands at $103,930 a year, up 29% over the past decade. That places the state's pay above the national figure and in the upper third of all states. Readers weighing a move into the field, or into New Jersey specifically, can check the state's licensing or registry page for requirements and the city pages for local pay figures before deciding where to work.