Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Massachusetts
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,426
after federal, FICA and Massachusetts tax
Tax takes
$31,824
26.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,848
Massachusetts costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Massachusetts — 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
$118,250
Kept after tax
$86,426
Worth in national money
$79,848
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nuclear medicine technologists is strong here. Massachusetts's middle earner gets $118,250, putting the state 7 of 49 — about 16.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Massachusetts this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 59 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Massachusetts is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $118,250 the take-home is $86,426; in national-average money that behaves like $79,848. The average lands at $117,860, below the middle of the range.
- For nuclear medicine technologists, Massachusetts sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $118,250, ranking 7 of 49 and running about 16.65% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Massachusetts publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 59 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for nuclear medicine technologists in Massachusetts, on $118,250, is $86,426; deflated by the state's price level, $79,848. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $117,860 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $88,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $118,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $148,900 |
| This salary | $118,250 |
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 Massachusetts | $86,426 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,019 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,846 |
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 | $110,300 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,506 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Massachusetts earn less than $118,250. The published range is $88,470 up to $148,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Massachusetts the take-home figure of $86,426, from $118,250, 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 59 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $79,848, the adjusted value of that $118,250 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Massachusetts. 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 59 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Massachusetts the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $88,470 to $148,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Massachusetts is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $86,426 from $118,250. 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 59 of 485 locally.
- This $79,848 adjusted figure, worked from $118,250, 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 59 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $88,470 at the tenth percentile, $148,900 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Massachusetts run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $79,848 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Massachusetts adds its own income tax on top — which is why $86,426 of this wage survives to your account.
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 ($88,470 to $148,900) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Massachusetts rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Massachusetts's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $79,848 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 $86,426 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Massachusetts 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.