Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Kansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,777
after federal, FICA and Kansas tax
Tax takes
$13,833
21.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,441
Kansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kansas — 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
$64,610
Kept after tax
$50,777
Worth in national money
$56,441
State rank
49
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nuclear medicine technologists is on the low side in Kansas. The middle earner gets $64,610. That is 49 of 49 states, and about 36.26% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 488 occupations Kansas reports figures for, this is number 165.
- Kansas is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $64,610 the take-home is $50,777; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,441 would nationally. The average comes to $76,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nuclear medicine technologists, Kansas sits in the lower band at $64,610, ranking 49 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 36.26%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Kansas's occupational distribution, nuclear medicine technologists sits at 165 of 488 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for nuclear medicine technologists in Kansas, on $64,610, is $50,777 — equivalent to $56,441 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $76,770 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 | $55,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,100 |
| This salary | $64,610 |
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 Kansas | $50,777 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,094 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$775 |
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 | $60,482 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$937 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Kansas earn less than $64,610. The published range is $55,310 up to $104,100, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,777 take-home in Kansas comes from $64,610. 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 165 of 488.
- Two cautions on $56,441, the adjusted value of that $64,610 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kansas. 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 165 of 488 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Kansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,310 to $104,100. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,777, from $64,610, assumes a single Kansas 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 165 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 49 of 49 for it.
- This $56,441 adjusted figure, worked from $64,610, 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 165 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $76,770, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $55,310 at the bottom tenth to $104,100 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Kansas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $56,441 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Kansas adds its own income tax on top — which is why $50,777 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
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 Kansas is $76,770. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($55,310) and the ninetieth ($104,100) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kansas'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 $56,441 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 $50,777 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kansas 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.