The size of the weight varies with the competition class. Advanced male athletes throw a 25 kg (56 lb. or four stone) weight, female athletes throw a 12 kg (28 lb.) weight and male master class or senior athletes throw a 19 kg (42 lb). weight.
Radiation Therapists are compensated at the highest average salary in South Carolina, where they earn average pay levels of about $97090. They are paid at the highest level in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, where they get pay levels, on average, of $83900.
Average Salary. The average salary for radiation therapy jobs was $39.30 per hour as of 2013, or $81,740 annually, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lowest-earning 10 percent of radiation therapists earned $53,010 per year or less, and the top 10 percent received $114,900 annually or more.