Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,617
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$23,533
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,283
Nevada costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nevada — 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
$109,150
Kept after tax
$85,617
Worth in national money
$88,283
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for nuclear medicine technologists. The middle earner takes $109,150, which ranks 12 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 7.67% above the national middle.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 42 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $109,150 the take-home is $85,617; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $88,283 would nationally. The average comes to $112,580, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 12 of 49 states publishing a median for nuclear medicine technologists, at $109,150 — about 7.67% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 42 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.
- Post-tax income for nuclear medicine technologists in Nevada, on $109,150, is $85,617 — equivalent to $88,283 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 $112,580 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 | $97,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,520 |
| This salary | $109,150 |
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 Nevada | $85,617 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,617 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$177 |
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 | $109,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$245 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $109,150 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $97,640 and the ninetieth is $136,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $85,617, from $109,150, 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 42 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $88,283 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 42.
- The Nevada median of $109,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $97,640 to $136,520. 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 Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,617 from $109,150. 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 42 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,283, worked from $109,150, 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 Nevada address, on work sitting at 42 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $112,580, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $97,640 at the tenth percentile, $136,520 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $88,283 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $85,617 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 Nevada is $112,580. 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 ($97,640 to $136,520) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Nevada rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nevada'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 $88,283 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Nevada levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $85,617 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.