Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,437
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$24,793
24.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,087
Indiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Indiana — 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
$103,230
Kept after tax
$78,437
Worth in national money
$85,087
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Indiana is 20 of 49 states for nuclear medicine technologists, with a middle wage of $103,230. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Indiana reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 44 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $103,230 you keep $78,437 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $85,087 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $102,670.
- Indiana ranks 20 of 49 for nuclear medicine technologists at $103,230. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 44 of 493 occupations by median in Indiana, 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 Indiana is $78,437 after the full tax stack, from $103,230. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $85,087 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,670 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 | $85,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,310 |
| This salary | $103,230 |
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 Indiana | $78,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,452 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,267 |
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 | $98,943 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,750 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
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 Indiana earn under $103,230 and half over. The published range runs $85,140 at the tenth percentile to $119,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $78,437 take-home in Indiana comes from $103,230. 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 44 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $85,087 uses one figure for the whole of Indiana. 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 44.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Indiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $85,140 to $119,310; 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 $78,437, from $103,230, assumes a single Indiana 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 44 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $85,087, worked from $103,230, 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 Indiana address, on work sitting at 44 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $85,140 at the bottom tenth to $119,310 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $85,087.
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 Indiana's own levy, $78,437 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 ($85,140 to $119,310) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Indiana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Indiana'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 $85,087 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 $78,437 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Indiana 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.