Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,440
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$26,710
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,487
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — 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
$104,150
Kept after tax
$77,440
Worth in national money
$74,487
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for nuclear medicine technologists. The median is $104,150, ranking 18 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Maryland reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 85 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $104,150 the take-home is $77,440; in national-average money that behaves like $74,487. The average comes to $104,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for nuclear medicine technologists: a median of $104,150, ranking 18 of 49. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 85 of 489 occupations by median in Maryland, 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.
- Take-home for nuclear medicine technologists in Maryland, on $104,150, is $77,440; deflated by the state's price level, $74,487. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $104,970 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 | $87,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,930 |
| This salary | $104,150 |
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 Maryland | $77,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,100 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,000 |
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 | $97,527 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,813 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Maryland earn less than $104,150. The published range is $87,120 up to $122,930, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $77,440 take-home in Maryland comes from $104,150. 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 85 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $74,487 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 85.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Maryland the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $87,120 to $122,930. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $77,440, from $104,150, assumes a single Maryland 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 85 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,487, worked from $104,150, 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 Maryland address, on work sitting at 85 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $87,120 at the tenth percentile, $122,930 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $74,487 of national purchasing power.
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 Maryland's own levy, $77,440 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($87,120 to $122,930) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Maryland rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $74,487 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 $77,440 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland 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.