Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Maine
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,356
after federal, FICA and Maine tax
Tax takes
$26,144
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,549
Maine costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maine — 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
$99,500
Kept after tax
$73,356
Worth in national money
$75,549
State rank
28
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Maine pays nuclear medicine technologists around $99,500 at the midpoint, 28 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Maine. It ranks 60 out of 484 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $99,500, tax leaves $73,356, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $75,549 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $97,370.
- For nuclear medicine technologists the Maine median is $99,500, ranking 28 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Maine, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 60 of 484 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Maine sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for nuclear medicine technologists — median $99,500 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $73,356 retained, $75,549 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $97,370 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 | $80,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,730 |
| This salary | $99,500 |
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 Maine | $73,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,828 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,570 |
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 | $91,722 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,694 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,500 as a midpoint for Maine, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,820 and the ninetieth is $113,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Maine the take-home figure of $73,356, from $99,500, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 60 of 484 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Maine, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,549, the adjusted value of that $99,500 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 60 of 484 in the state.
- The Maine median of $99,500 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,820 to $113,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Maine is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $73,356 from $99,500. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 60 of 484 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Maine, so $75,549 — the adjusted value of that $99,500 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 60 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $80,820 at the tenth percentile, $113,730 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Maine sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $75,549 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 Maine adds its own income tax on top — which is why $73,356 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($80,820 to $113,730) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maine rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Maine'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 $75,549 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 $73,356 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maine 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.