Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Delaware
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,111
after federal, FICA and Delaware tax
Tax takes
$26,359
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,668
Delaware costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Delaware — 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
$100,470
Kept after tax
$74,111
Worth in national money
$74,668
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Delaware pays nuclear medicine technologists around $100,470 at the midpoint, 26 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Delaware. It ranks 76 out of 445 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Delaware costs about what the country costs, so from $100,470, take-home of $74,111 is worth roughly $74,668 in national money. The average comes to $102,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nuclear medicine technologists the Delaware median is $100,470, ranking 26 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Delaware, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 76 of 445 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Delaware is near the national base, so for nuclear medicine technologists, whose median is $100,470, the adjusted figure of $74,668 differs little from $74,111 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $102,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,490 |
| This salary | $100,470 |
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 Delaware | $74,111 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,511 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,154 |
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 | $92,794 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,882 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of nuclear medicine technologists in Delaware earn under $100,470 and half over. The published range runs $83,190 at the tenth percentile to $122,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Delaware the take-home figure of $74,111, from $100,470, 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 76 of 445 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Delaware, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,668, the adjusted value of that $100,470 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 76 of 445 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Delaware, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,190 to $122,490; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Delaware is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,111 from $100,470. 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 76 of 445 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Delaware, so $74,668 — the adjusted value of that $100,470 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 76 of 445 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $83,190 and the top tenth $122,490, so most people doing this work in Delaware sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Delaware is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $74,668 in national terms.
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 Delaware's own levy, $74,111 remains.
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 ($83,190 to $122,490) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Delaware rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Delaware's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $74,668 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $74,111 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Delaware 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.