Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,466
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$31,684
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,425
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — 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
$117,150
Kept after tax
$85,466
Worth in national money
$82,425
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nuclear medicine technologists is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $117,150, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 15.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 482 occupations Connecticut reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $117,150 the take-home is $85,466. But Connecticut costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $82,425 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $116,440, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For nuclear medicine technologists, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $117,150, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 15.57% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 47 of 482 occupations by median in Connecticut, 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Connecticut income tax is $85,466 for nuclear medicine technologists, from $117,150. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,425. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $116,440 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,720 |
| This salary | $117,150 |
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 Connecticut | $85,466 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,472 |
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 | $108,935 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,847 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Connecticut earn less than $117,150. The published range is $98,800 up to $129,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $85,466, from $117,150, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 47 of 482 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $82,425, the adjusted value of that $117,150 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Connecticut. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 47 of 482 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Connecticut the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $98,800 to $129,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,466 from $117,150. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 47 of 482 locally.
- This $82,425 adjusted figure, worked from $117,150, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 47 of 482 in the state. The occupation ranks 47 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $98,800 and the top tenth $129,720, so most people doing this work in Connecticut sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $82,425 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $85,466 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($98,800 to $129,720) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $82,425 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 $85,466 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut 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.