Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Nebraska
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,176
after federal, FICA and Nebraska tax
Tax takes
$26,144
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,501
Nebraska costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nebraska — 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
$104,320
Kept after tax
$78,176
Worth in national money
$86,501
State rank
17
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nebraska sits in the middle of the pack for nuclear medicine technologists. The median is $104,320, ranking 17 of 49 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nebraska. It ranks 37 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nebraska is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $104,320 the take-home is $78,176; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $86,501 would nationally. The average lands at $99,750, below the middle of the range.
- Nebraska occupies the middle band for nuclear medicine technologists: a median of $104,320, ranking 17 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.
- Within Nebraska, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 37 of 488 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.
- Post-tax income for nuclear medicine technologists in Nebraska, on $104,320, is $78,176 — equivalent to $86,501 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 $99,750 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 | $58,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,410 |
| This salary | $104,320 |
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 Nebraska | $78,176 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,219 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,892 |
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 | $98,573 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,613 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of nuclear medicine technologists in Nebraska earn under $104,320 and half over. The published range runs $58,130 at the tenth percentile to $124,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $78,176 take-home in Nebraska comes from $104,320. 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 37 of 488.
- Two cautions on $86,501, the adjusted value of that $104,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nebraska. 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 37 of 488 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Nebraska, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $58,130 to $124,410; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $78,176, from $104,320, assumes a single Nebraska 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 37 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 49 for it.
- This $86,501 adjusted figure, worked from $104,320, 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 37 of 488 in the state. The occupation ranks 37 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $99,750 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $58,130 and the top tenth $124,410, so most people doing this work in Nebraska sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nebraska sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $86,501 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 Nebraska adds its own income tax on top — which is why $78,176 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 Nebraska is $99,750. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,130 to $124,410) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Nebraska rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nebraska'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 $86,501 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 $78,176 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Nebraska 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.