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City of Hope
Duarte, California

Radiation Therapist - New Grads Welcome!

Radiation TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$58.61-$93.78/hr

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Job Description

Radiation Therapist – Radiation Oncology (Duarte) - New Grads Welcome!

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.

City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix.

Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Eligible for Sign On Bonus: $10,000

The Department of Radiation Oncology in Duarte at City of Hope brings an array of innovative technologies, protocols, and research procedures. Our Radiation Therapists are exposed to challenging, interesting, and exciting new treatment technologies.

Our skilled therapists work on state-of-the-art machines and procedures that save lives: Tomotherapy, RefleXion, Truebeam, Identity, and Vision RT surface guidance technology as well as HDR, brachytherapy, clinical trial patients, disease-focused specialty practice, to name a few.

The RefleXion unit uses advanced technology with a radiopharmaceutical agent that cancer cells absorb creating a biological beacon for targeted radiation treatments.

Construction has begun to install a Varian Ethos unit; Ethos is a new revolutionary therapy machine that uses adaptive Radiation Therapy that combines artificial intelligence with adaptive therapy allowing physicians to make daily adjustments in a patient’s treatment in real-time based on the cancer’s response.

These innovations in technology help cultivate a higher level skill set, being unique to only Radiation Therapists at COH Duarte!

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Deliver a prescribed and planned course of radiation therapy to patients of all ages.
  • Reinforce recommendations given to patient by healthcare professional concerning reaction to treatment and care of radiated area, prevention, or treatment of generalized and local side effects
  • Perform simulation procedures as prescribed by physician and assist in dosimetry procedures

Perform daily quality assurance checks on linear accelerators, reporting any variation in morning warm-up. Reports improper equipment operation to appropriate personnel

Your Qualifications Should Include

High School or equivalent; Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training in an accredited Radiation Therapy Education Program

  • 0-3 of related experience, depending on training
  • Graduate of an accredited radiologic technology course plus radiation therapy course OR Graduate of an accredited Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy Program
  • Licensed by the California State Department of Health (Certified in Radiation Therapy)
  • Certification by the ARRT – in Radiation Therapy CRT

BLS or CPR

Note: For candidates with more than 3 years of RT experiences, will qualify for RT II; this pay range is: $58.61/hr - $76.20/hr - $93.78/hr

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location. City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.

Please note: City of Hope is committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience. Please be aware that scammers may attempt to impersonate our organization through fake job postings, emails or interviews.

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  • We will not request sensitive personal or financial information prior to the acceptance of a formal offer.
  • All communications will come from official @coh.org email addresses.
  • Interviews are conducted only through approved, professional channels.
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Key Responsibilities

Deliver prescribed radiation therapy courses to patients of all ages and perform simulation procedures as directed by physicians. Conduct daily quality assurance checks on equipment and assist in dosimetry procedures while maintaining patient safety protocols.

Requirements

Requires a high school diploma or equivalent along with specialized training in an accredited Radiation Therapy program. Candidates must hold current ARRT certification in Radiation Therapy and a California state license (CRT).

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient care

Radiation Therapy Career Context

In California, the Radiation Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$153k (58 salary observations; 144 listings), vs ~$115k nationally (229 salary observations; 1,221 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-03-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Radiation Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

Radiation Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$122k–$195kRadiation Therapy median $154k (middle half $139k–$161k)83 comparable listings, Oct 2026
California vs national$153k median in California$115k nationally (+33%)58 state / 229 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$143k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Radiation Therapy listings in California60 active583 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 20% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$10k sign-onUS healthcare professional listings: 25% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 4% offer loan repayment699 active listings, Oct 2026
Radiation Therapy pay trend−2.8% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Radiation Therapist Jobs

17 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

17 jobs · 12 employers
3
<$120k
5
$120k-125k
3
$125k-130k
2
$130k-185k
4
$185k+

Annual compensation range

#1

Radiation Therapist Lead

Sutter Health · Santa Cruz, California

$86.08-$120.5/hr
#2

Radiation Therapist

Sutter Health · Castro Valley, California

$78.08-$109.3/hr
#3

Radiation Therapist II-2

$65.1-$91.14/hr
#4

Radiation Therapist - Radiology Oncology

$58.07-$90.14/hr
+ 15 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Radiation Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 586 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About City of Hope

Hospitals and Health Care
Duarte, CA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000
Comprehensive benefits (details via link)

Living in Duarte

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$793k
Typical market rent
$2,779/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.