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Nuclear Medicine Technologists

National median $101,370 / yr · 17,080 jobs nationally. Same job, very different outcomes by state — see the WageBench Score below.

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National median

$101,370

BLS OEWS

Top state by Score

WA

Score 72 · Washington

Top-paying metro

San Jose

$198,950 median

Top WageBench Score

81

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Top 10 destinations

Same job. Wildly different outcomes by metro. Click any column to re-sort.

Rank	Area	Annual Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	WageBench Score ↓
#1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$198,950	$187,013	6.0%	—	—	81
#2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$189,790	$178,403	6.0%	—	—	80
#3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$133,380	$133,380	0.0%	—	✓	76
#4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$173,260	$162,864	6.0%	—	—	75
#5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$162,380	$152,637	6.0%	—	—	73
#6	Washington	$126,200	$126,200	0.0%	107	✓	72
#7	North Dakota	$102,640	$100,587	2.0%	89	✓	72
#8	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$118,110	$112,913	4.4%	—	✓	72
#9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$156,410	$147,025	6.0%	—	—	71
#10	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$107,300	$107,300	0.0%	—	✓	71

National wage distribution

How pay spreads across the workforce — from the 10th percentile (entry / low-COL settings) to the 90th (highest-paying environments).

P10
$78,080
P25
$86,720
MEDIAN
$101,370
P75
$117,120
P90
$134,500

Hourly mean

$51

Hourly median

$49

Annual mean

$105,160

Total US jobs

17,080

Every state & metro, ranked

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Area	State	Median	Take-Home	State Tax	COL Index	NLC	HPSA	WageBench Score ↓
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	CA	$198,950	$187,013	6.0%	—	—	24	81
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	CA	$189,790	$178,403	6.0%	—	—	24	80
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	WA	$133,380	$133,380	0.0%	—	✓	21	76
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	CA	$173,260	$162,864	6.0%	—	—	24	75
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	CA	$162,380	$152,637	6.0%	—	—	24	73
Washington	WA	$126,200	$126,200	0.0%	107	✓	21	72
North Dakota	ND	$102,640	$100,587	2.0%	89	✓	23	72
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	CO	$118,110	$112,913	4.4%	—	✓	22	72
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	CA	$156,410	$147,025	6.0%	—	—	24	71
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	TX	$107,300	$107,300	0.0%	—	✓	23	71
Colorado	CO	$116,990	$111,842	4.4%	103	✓	22	71
California	CA	$162,380	$152,637	6.0%	111	—	24	71
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	CA	$150,870	$141,818	6.0%	—	—	24	70
Nebraska	NE	$104,320	$99,313	4.8%	90	✓	20	70
Missouri	MO	$98,010	$93,600	4.5%	91	✓	24	70
Columbus, OH	OH	$103,510	$100,405	3.0%	—	✓	23	70
Indiana	IN	$103,230	$100,081	3.0%	93	✓	23	70
St. Louis, MO-IL	MO	$102,170	$97,572	4.5%	—	✓	24	69
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	KY	$105,460	$101,242	4.0%	—	✓	23	69
Montana	MT	$100,490	$95,265	5.2%	95	✓	22	69
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	FL	$99,810	$99,810	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	FL	$101,150	$101,150	0.0%	—	✓	24	69
New Mexico	NM	$98,400	$93,578	4.9%	92	✓	24	69
Kentucky	KY	$95,470	$91,651	4.0%	90	✓	23	69
Utah	UT	$111,770	$106,684	4.5%	99	✓	20	69

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Not published by BLS (2) — BLS suppresses wage estimates where employment is too low to disclose. These states likely still employ this occupation; there's just no public wage to rank: Alaska, Vermont.

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