Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary

SOC 29-2033 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$101,370

per year, nationally

Middle half

$86,720–$117,120

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

17,080

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+3.0%

900 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$78,080$134,500

10th: $78,080
25th: $86,720
Median: $101,370
75th: $117,120
90th: $134,500

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where nuclear medicine technologists earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	California	$162,380	110.7	1,500	0.75×
2	Washington	$126,200	107.0	320	0.83×
3	Hawaii	$125,650	110.0	30	0.47×
4	New Jersey	$124,280	108.8	540	1.15×
5	Oregon	$122,100	103.4	180	0.83×
6	New York	$118,650	107.9	890	0.83×
7	Massachusetts	$118,250	105.8	380	0.95×
8	Connecticut	$117,150	103.6	170	0.90×
9	Colorado	$116,990	103.1	200	0.65×
10	District of Columbia	$116,630	109.9	30	0.40×
11	Utah	$111,770	98.9	120	0.65×
12	Nevada	$109,150	100.0	120	0.72×
13	New Hampshire	$107,890	104.2	60	0.81×
14	Minnesota	$107,380	98.6	200	0.63×
15	Illinois	$104,950	100.0	620	0.92×
16	Idaho	$104,630	95.5	80	0.81×
17	Nebraska	$104,320	90.1	120	1.09×
18	Maryland	$104,150	105.0	330	1.09×
19	Rhode Island	$104,000	102.3	110	2.02×
20	Indiana	$103,230	93.3	280	0.80×
21	North Dakota	$102,640	89.0	50	1.08×
22	Virginia	$101,820	101.1	430	0.95×
23	Texas	$101,170	97.1	1,060	0.69×
24	Georgia	$100,880	96.3	540	1.00×
25	Montana	$100,490	94.6	50	0.97×
26	Delaware	$100,470	99.8	70	1.24×
27	Arizona	$100,130	100.7	430	1.22×
28	Maine	$99,500	97.0	70	1.01×
29	Wisconsin	$98,450	94.1	390	1.22×
30	New Mexico	$98,400	92.2	70	0.71×
31	Missouri	$98,010	90.8	360	1.13×
32	Ohio	$97,570	92.8	670	1.11×
33	Florida	$97,310	103.4	1,740	1.59×
34	Kentucky	$95,470	90.2	270	1.24×
35	Michigan	$95,400	96.2	640	1.32×
36	Pennsylvania	$94,570	97.6	740	1.11×
37	Iowa	$92,890	87.8	150	0.89×
38	Oklahoma	$90,640	87.8	200	1.07×
39	South Carolina	$90,230	93.7	280	1.10×
40	Louisiana	$87,670	88.2	170	0.79×
41	North Carolina	$85,240	94.3	600	1.10×
42	Tennessee	$84,470	91.9	390	1.07×
43	Arkansas	$83,670	86.9	190	1.32×
44	Mississippi	$83,340	87.0	160	1.23×
45	Alabama	$82,630	88.8	320	1.38×
46	South Dakota	$82,010	88.6	140	2.76×
47	Wyoming	$81,900	92.7	40	1.27×
48	West Virginia	$76,460	89.5	150	1.89×
49	Kansas	$64,610	90.1	380	2.42×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where nuclear medicine technologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for nuclear medicine technologists

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$198,950	110.4	100	0.79×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$189,790	115.6	170	0.66×
3	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$173,260	106.7	130	1.11×
4	Modesto, CA	$172,530	104.1	30	1.63×
5	Fresno, CA	$163,380	102.2	50	1.00×
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$162,380	111.9	110	0.63×
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$156,410	113.6	460	0.67×
8	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$150,870	106.4	160	0.83×
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$133,380	111.1	200	0.86×
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$128,560	106.9	30	0.76×
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$127,010	105.4	100	0.72×
12	New Haven, CT	$125,980	104.6	30	1.08×
13	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$125,340	112.6	940	0.90×
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$123,450	108.3	290	0.97×
15	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$118,110	105.8	100	0.56×
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$115,230	102.7	60	0.90×
17	Colorado Springs, CO	$113,670	100.7	30	0.86×
18	Worcester, MA	$111,400	102.5	40	1.13×
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$109,900	108.9	250	0.72×
20	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$108,860	103.6	480	0.96×
21	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$107,380	104.8	130	0.63×
22	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$107,300	98.1	80	0.55×
23	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$107,230	98.6	320	0.88×
24	Green Bay, WI	$106,370	93.1	30	1.58×
25	Omaha, NE-IA	$105,610	91.9	60	1.18×
26	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$105,590	103.1	250	0.57×
27	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$105,460	93.1	90	1.18×
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$105,450	96.9	110	1.18×
29	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$104,750	100.2	90	0.74×
30	Lincoln, NE	$104,320	91.6	40	1.77×
31	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$104,180	95.8	70	1.24×
32	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$104,000	101.8	130	1.71×
33	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$103,900	100.1	310	0.98×
34	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$103,730	95.7	80	0.67×
35	Columbus, OH	$103,510	95.5	100	0.83×
36	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$103,270	100.0	70	1.67×
37	Boise City, ID	$102,690	98.4	30	0.72×
38	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$102,460	102.6	410	1.29×
39	St. Louis, MO-IL	$102,170	95.1	160	1.06×
40	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$101,630	98.7	50	1.40×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where nuclear medicine technologists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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