Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) GS-0647-09

Imaging TechFull-Time

Pay as listed: $80,243/year · Columbia, South Carolina · pays below the median of 100 Imaging Tech listings (23rd percentile).

Listed compensation

$80,243/year

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • This position is located at Moncreif Army Health CLinic, Fort Jackson, SC
  • Recruitment incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
  • Salary negotiation MAY be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
  • This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
  • Salary: Up to- $80,243 per year

Moncrief Army Health Clinic is a Defense Health Agency military medical treatment facility located at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. It is dedicated to optimizing health readiness and providing comprehensive medical care to active-duty Soldiers, their beneficiaries, retirees, and veterans under the age of 65.

Responsibilities

Duties

Works independently performing routine, emergent, and specialized procedures with responsibility for protocols, patient care, and magnet safety.

Receives and reviews requests from physicians and other health care providers for magnetic resonance imaging examinations of patients.

  • Performs adult and pediatric magnetic resonance imaging of the heart to identify cardiac pathology.
  • Independently establishes various parameters.

Trains Graduate Medical Education (GME) radiology residents, non-radiologist physicians, 68Pstudents and other personnel in MRI principles, procedures, capabilities, techniques, and equipment.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US CitizensIn order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e. g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e. g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Radiology Certification: Public Law 97-35 requires that persons who administer radiologic procedures meet the credentialing standards in 42 CFR Part 75.

Essentially, they must (1) have successfully completed an educational program that meets or exceeds the standards described in that regulation, and is accredited by an organization recognized by the Department of Education, and (2) be certified as radiographers in their field.

The following meet these requirements: (1) Persons employed by the Federal Government as radiologic personnel prior to the effective date of the regulation (January 13, 1986) who show evidence of current or fully satisfactory performance or certification of such from a licensed practitioner such as a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, or chiropractic who prescribes radiologic procedures to others.

(2) Persons first employed by the Federal Government as radiologic personnel after the effective date of the regulation who (a) received training from institutions in a State or foreign jurisdiction that did not accredit training in that particular field at the time of graduation, or (b) practiced in a State or foreign jurisdiction that did not license that particular field or did not allow special eligibility to take a licensure examination for those who did not graduate from an accredited educational program, provided that such persons show evidence of training, experience, and competence as determined by OPM or the employing agency.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience: One year of specialized experience which includes performing magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic equipment or performing quality control procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).

OREducation: Successful completion of a Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or two full years of progressively higher level graduate education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such as Diagnostic Radiology/Radiography.

ORCombination of Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical instruction

MRI Technology Career Context

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

MRI Technology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 12.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Of the 40 active MRI Technology listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) GS-0647-09 at Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 5% in Mri Technology (Imaging Tech) — ranked against 79 active Mri Technology (Imaging Tech) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution7 jobs · 6 employers

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Annual compensation range

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$37.29-$61.64/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.6
Better work-life than 90% of Mri Technology (Imaging Tech) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 79 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Columbia

Rent affordability

22% of gross pay

Market rent compared with this listing’s advertised pay.

Purchasing power

$85,673/yr

At national-average prices · Before taxes

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$220k≈ 2.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,479/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.7
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbia, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use the advertised annual pay range’s lower bound, before taxes. Regional prices are not a personal budget.

Peer group: imaging tech · mri technology · Full-time · hours not stated · Pay composition not stated. National listings with usable annual USD pay and local data, posted within 180 days of the 2026-09-22 snapshot. Rankings use lower pay bounds; higher percentiles mean more favorable comparisons. Only the same rent observation month is compared.

Ratings need at least 30 other listings, five employers and three locations; no employer may contribute over 35%. Strong: top quarter; Typical: middle half; Weaker: bottom quarter. Missing ratings mean insufficient comparable data, not a poor offer. These are offer comparisons, not city grades.

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About Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA

Hospitals and Health Care
Falls Church, VA
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Recruitment incentives MAY be authorized
Salary negotiation MAY be available for new to Federal service