Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,693
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$30,297
25.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,512
Colorado costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Colorado — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$116,990
Kept after tax
$86,693
Worth in national money
$85,512
State rank
9
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Colorado pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $116,990, ranking 9 of 49 states and sitting about 15.41% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 58 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $116,990, take-home of $86,693 is worth roughly $85,512 in national money. The average lands at $116,200, below the middle of the range.
- Colorado's median for nuclear medicine technologists is $116,990, about 15.41% above the national figure and 9 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 58 of 491 occupations by median in Colorado, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for nuclear medicine technologists, whose median is $116,990, the adjusted figure of $85,512 differs little from $86,693 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $116,200 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $94,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,580 |
| This salary | $116,990 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Colorado | $86,693 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,132 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,270 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $110,680 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,424 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $116,990 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $94,950 and the ninetieth is $132,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $86,693 take-home in Colorado comes from $116,990. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 58 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $85,512, the adjusted value of that $116,990 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 58 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $116,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $94,950 to $132,580. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $86,693, from $116,990, assumes a single Colorado filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 58 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $85,512 — the adjusted value of that $116,990 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 58 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $94,950 at the tenth percentile, $132,580 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Colorado run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $85,512 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Colorado adds its own income tax on top — which is why $86,693 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($94,950 to $132,580) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Colorado rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Colorado's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $85,512 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $86,693 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Colorado income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.