Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,042
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$36,608
29.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,984
Hawaii costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Hawaii — 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
$125,650
Kept after tax
$89,042
Worth in national money
$81,984
State rank
3
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Hawaii pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $125,650, ranking 3 of 49 states and sitting about 23.95% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 437 occupations Hawaii reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $125,650, tax leaves $89,042 — and because Hawaii is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $81,984 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $121,430.
- Hawaii's median for nuclear medicine technologists is $125,650, about 23.95% above the national figure and 3 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 30 of 437 occupations by median in Hawaii, 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.
- After tax, $89,042 remains from the Hawaii median of $125,650 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $81,984 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $121,430 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $108,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $125,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,220 |
| This salary | $125,650 |
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 Hawaii | $89,042 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $97,148 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,988 |
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 | $114,018 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,957 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 Hawaii earn under $125,650 and half over. The published range runs $108,140 at the tenth percentile to $130,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $89,042 take-home in Hawaii comes from $125,650. 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 30 of 437.
- Two cautions on $81,984, the adjusted value of that $125,650 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. 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 30 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $108,140 to $130,220; 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 $89,042, from $125,650, assumes a single Hawaii 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 30 of 437 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 49 for it.
- This $81,984 adjusted figure, worked from $125,650, 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 30 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 30 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $121,430, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $108,140 at the bottom tenth to $130,220 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Hawaii costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $81,984 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $89,042.
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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Hawaii is $121,430. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($108,140 to $130,220) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Hawaii rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Hawaii's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $81,984 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 $89,042 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Hawaii 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.