Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,593
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$28,787
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,858
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$107,380
Kept after tax
$78,593
Worth in national money
$79,858
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nuclear medicine technologists is strong here. Minnesota's middle earner gets $107,380, putting the state 14 of 49 — about 5.93% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations Minnesota reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 47 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $107,380, take-home of $78,593 is worth roughly $79,858 in national money. The average comes to $108,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nuclear medicine technologists, Minnesota sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,380, ranking 14 of 49 and running about 5.93% 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.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 47 of 490 occupations by median in Minnesota, 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.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for nuclear medicine technologists, whose median is $107,380, the adjusted figure of $79,858 differs little from $78,593 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $108,480 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 | $96,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,650 |
| This salary | $107,380 |
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 Minnesota | $78,593 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,372 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,967 |
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 | $99,166 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,624 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $107,380 as a midpoint for Minnesota, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $96,440 and the ninetieth is $119,650 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Minnesota's $78,593, worked from $107,380. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 47 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of Minnesota, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,858, the adjusted value of that $107,380 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 47 of 490 in the state.
- The Minnesota median of $107,380 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $96,440 to $119,650. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Minnesota take-home of $78,593, on $107,380 for work ranking 47 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 47 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Minnesota, so $79,858 — the adjusted value of that $107,380 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 47 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $96,440 at the tenth percentile, $119,650 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Minnesota sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $79,858 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 Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,593 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 ($96,440 to $119,650) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $79,858 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 $78,593 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.