The highest-paying states for nuclear medicine technologists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of nuclear medicine technologists in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $130,200, California is the highest paying state for nuclear medicine technologists. It is followed by Hawaii (average annual salary $111,840). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of nuclear medicine technologists in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $130,200 |
$94,110 | 1,450 |
| 2 | Hawaii | $111,840 |
$91,920 | 40 |
| 3 | Washington | $108,180 |
$87,760 | 250 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $103,800 |
$78,400 | 40 |
| 5 | Connecticut | $101,220 |
$81,410 | 190 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $100,630 |
$83,680 | 40 |
| 7 | New York | $99,980 |
$77,450 | 820 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $99,760 |
$67,190 | 420 |
| 9 | New Jersey | $99,750 |
$83,860 | 560 |
| 10 | Oregon | $99,700 |
$86,990 | 140 |
| 11 | Idaho | $98,380 |
$77,470 | 110 |
| 12 | Minnesota | $98,160 |
$81,430 | 250 |
| 13 | Colorado | $97,410 |
$77,630 | 270 |
| 14 | Vermont | $97,280 |
$77,750 | 30 |
| 15 | Illinois | $96,760 |
$77,290 | 760 |
| 16 | Texas | $96,400 |
$67,400 | 1,140 |
| 17 | Nevada | $95,110 |
$80,180 | 90 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | $92,540 |
$79,830 | 60 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | $89,840 |
$70,810 | 250 |
| 20 | Utah | $87,450 |
$76,320 | 140 |
| 21 | Nebraska | $86,130 |
$67,480 | 60 |
| 22 | North Dakota | $85,550 |
$65,370 | 40 |
| 23 | Arizona | $84,960 |
$77,740 | 320 |
| 24 | Montana | $84,570 |
$67,450 | 40 |
| 25 | Maryland | $82,960 |
$65,200 | 380 |
| 26 | Virginia | $82,630 |
$65,500 | 400 |
| 27 | Indiana | $82,600 |
$66,330 | 320 |
| 28 | New Mexico | $81,950 |
$69,590 | 70 |
| 29 | Florida | $81,800 |
$65,820 | 1,850 |
| 30 | Delaware | $81,790 |
$68,440 | 80 |
| 31 | Maine | $81,290 |
$67,660 | 90 |
| 32 | Michigan | $81,280 |
$64,740 | 630 |
| 33 | Kentucky | $81,270 |
$67,280 | 200 |
| 34 | Missouri | $81,230 |
$62,390 | 340 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | $80,620 |
$62,230 | 170 |
| 36 | Alaska | $80,530 |
$60,820 | 40 |
| 37 | Ohio | $79,930 |
$65,930 | 850 |
| 38 | Louisiana | $79,480 |
$60,320 | 220 |
| 39 | South Carolina | $79,310 |
$61,150 | 210 |
| 40 | Georgia | $79,160 |
$63,850 | 630 |
| 41 | Iowa | $77,830 |
$61,520 | 170 |
| 42 | Tennessee | $77,720 |
$61,320 | 370 |
| 43 | Pennsylvania | $77,090 |
$59,710 | 780 |
| 44 | Kansas | $76,230 |
$54,070 | 230 |
| 45 | North Carolina | $75,920 |
$58,950 | 530 |
| 46 | Wyoming | $75,700 |
$67,160 | 40 |
| 47 | Mississippi | $74,830 |
$60,860 | 150 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $72,070 |
$59,950 | 100 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $71,410 |
$53,050 | 140 |
| 50 | Alabama | $70,050 |
$52,230 | 320 |
| 51 | South Dakota | $64,980 |
$37,230 | 140 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $41,020 |
$35,730 | 150 |