Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,288
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$20,022
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,709
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — 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
$97,310
Kept after tax
$77,288
Worth in national money
$74,709
State rank
33
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida is among the lower-paying states for nuclear medicine technologists. The middle earner takes $97,310, ranking 33 of 49 states — about 4.01% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Florida this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 67 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Florida is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $97,310 the take-home is $77,288; in national-average money that behaves like $74,709. The average lands at $96,390, below the middle of the range.
- Florida ranks 33 of 49 for nuclear medicine technologists, with a median of $97,310 — about 4.01% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Florida publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 67 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for nuclear medicine technologists in Florida, on $97,310, is $77,288; deflated by the state's price level, $74,709. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $96,390 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 | $80,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $97,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,640 |
| This salary | $97,310 |
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 Florida | $77,288 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,288 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,826 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $97,310 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,666 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
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 Florida earn under $97,310 and half over. The published range runs $80,070 at the tenth percentile to $110,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $77,288 take-home in Florida comes from $97,310. 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 67 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,709 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 67.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Florida, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,070 to $110,640; 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.
- Retained pay of $77,288, from $97,310, assumes a single Florida 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 67 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,709, worked from $97,310, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 67 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $80,070 at the tenth percentile, $110,640 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Florida run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $74,709 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $77,288 survives, because Florida levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 ($80,070 to $110,640) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $74,709 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $77,288 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.