Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,745
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$26,885
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,037
Idaho costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Idaho — 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
$104,630
Kept after tax
$77,745
Worth in national money
$85,037
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Idaho pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $104,630, ranking 16 of 49 states and sitting about 3.22% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 476 occupations Idaho reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 36 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $104,630 you keep $77,745 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,037 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $104,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- Idaho's median for nuclear medicine technologists is $104,630, about 3.22% above the national figure and 16 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 36 of 476 occupations by median in Idaho, 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 in Idaho is $77,745 after the full tax stack, from $104,630. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,037 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $104,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,990 |
| This salary | $104,630 |
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 Idaho | $77,745 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,437 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$203 |
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 | $97,960 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$281 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,630 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,550 and the ninetieth is $123,990 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Idaho's $77,745, worked from $104,630. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 36 of 476.
- Two cautions on $85,037, the adjusted value of that $104,630 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Idaho. 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 36 of 476 locally.
- The Idaho median of $104,630 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,550 to $123,990. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Idaho take-home of $77,745, on $104,630 for work ranking 36 of 476 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 36 of 476 in the state.
- This $85,037 adjusted figure, worked from $104,630, 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 36 of 476 in the state. The occupation ranks 36 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $83,550 at the bottom tenth to $123,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $85,037 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 Idaho's own levy, $77,745 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($83,550 to $123,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Idaho rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Idaho'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 $85,037 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 $77,745 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Idaho 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.