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Nuclear medicine technologist salary

Open nuclear medicine technologist jobs post a median of $53 an hour, with the middle half paying $46.25–$64.75: about $110,200 a year full time. Measured from 274 jobs at 127 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

$53
Median posted /hr
$46–$65
Middle half /hr
$110,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$48.74
BLS median /hr
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Nuclear medicine technologist jobs

What nuclear medicine technologists are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 274 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $18, the highest $125.15.

Posted on open jobs

$46.25–$64.75/hr

Middle half of 219 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $53. 33% of the 822 open nuclear medicine technologist jobs state an hourly rate. 180 more state an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate, a per-visit fee, or a rate far from the rest (a differential read as pay), left out.

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Nuclear medicine technologist pay by employer

What each employer posts for nuclear medicine technologists, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
RadNet$46$18–$959
Providence$66.75$48.47–$98.488
Atlantic Health$69.25$50.15–$88.287
Sutter Health$95.75$71.15–$124.126
Scripps Health$73.25$59.81–$91.076
CommonSpirit Health$63$30.76–$91.296
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions$60.50$46.50–$73.156
Summit Health and CityMD$60$45.14–$746
Ascension$47.50$36.94–$58.076
AdventHealth$45.50$30.45–$67.216
Kaiser Permanente$67.50$52.08–$92.495
RWJBarnabas Health$61.50$51.36–$70.125
Sentara Health$55.50$44.90–$70.525
Hackensack Meridian Health$46.25$44.30–$49.625
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$81$47.23–$83.694
Cedars-Sinai$70.75$52.55–$96.264
MultiCare Health System$62.75$45.93–$79.054
New York Oncology Hematology$60$19–$704
Avera Health$44.75$35.50–$59.254
American Oncology Network$40.50$26.83–$53.524
UnitedHealth Group$40.50$29–$69.204
Emory Healthcare$39.50$37.44–$41.284
Akumin$71.25$57.30–$903
NewYork-Presbyterian$68.25$57.45–$73.643
Beth Israel Lahey Health$58.50$46–$69.843
Boston Medical Center$56.50$49.88–$63.273
Mass General Brigham$55.25$47–$63.163
Advocate Health$50$38.20–$61.653
Ellis Medicine$48.25$38.59–$57.893
Essentia Health$48$37.07–$59.063
Mercyhealth$45.75$34.45–$58.203
Riverside Health$45.75$38.60–$53.083
Baptist Health South Florida$45.50$39.52–$51.383
Southwestern Vermont Health Care$45$40–$503
UPMC$39$32.83–$56.833
Stanford Health Care$91.75$85.48–$98.202
UW Medicine$82.75$79.77–$85.532
University Radiology$69$58–$802
University Hospital (Newark)$65.50$62.29–$74.912
Mary Washington Healthcare$57.75$39.44–$79.272

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Nuclear medicine technologist pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

StateMedian postedMiddle halfBLS medianJobs
California$70.75$64.75–$85.50$78.07 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)46
Washington$69$61.50–$79$60.67 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)16
New Jersey$58$49.25–$63.75$59.75 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)37
New York$57.75$48.25–$66.75$57.04 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)28
Massachusetts$54.75$50.75–$56.25$56.85 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)14
Virginia$50.50$47.50–$57.25$48.95 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Texas$48.75$38.25–$61.75$48.64 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)9
Illinois$47.50$45.75–$49.75$50.46 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)15
Wisconsin$47.50$45–$49$47.33 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)8
Maryland$47.25$43–$59.25$50.07 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)13
Florida$46$45.25–$49.75$46.78 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)22

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Nuclear medicine technologist jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

6 open jobs from 6 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $100,700, the middle half $90,600 to $116,800, from $55,370 to $147,183 posted.

Best-paid open nuclear medicine technologist jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Every open job: Nuclear medicine technologist jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nuclear Medicine Technologists (29-2033)$37.54 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)$41.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)$48.74 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)$56.31 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)$64.66 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)17,080 (source: BLS OEWS, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($53) is $4.26 above the BLS median ($48.74 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Nuclear medicine technologist salary: common questions

How much does a nuclear medicine technologist make an hour?

Open nuclear medicine technologist jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $53, with the middle half between $46.25–$64.75 (274 jobs from 127 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $48.74/hr ($101,370 a year) for nuclear medicine technologists in May 2025.

How much does a nuclear medicine technologist make a year?

At the posted median of $53 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $110,200, and the middle half to $96,200 to $134,700. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 6 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $100,700.

Which states pay nuclear medicine technologists the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($70.75), Washington ($69) and New Jersey ($58). The lowest: Florida ($46), Maryland ($47.25) and Wisconsin ($47.50). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay nuclear medicine technologists the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Sutter Health ($95.75), Scripps Health ($73.25) and Atlantic Health ($69.25). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 274 of 822 open nuclear medicine technologist jobs (33%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Nuclear Medicine Technologists (SOC 29-2033), published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nuclear Medicine Technologists by state, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Nuclear Medicine Technologists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Nuclear medicine technologist salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/nuclear-medicine-technologist

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