Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Oklahoma
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,017
after federal, FICA and Oklahoma tax
Tax takes
$21,623
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,174
Oklahoma costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oklahoma — 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
$90,640
Kept after tax
$69,017
Worth in national money
$78,174
State rank
38
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Oklahoma pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $90,640, 38 of 49 states and about 10.58% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Oklahoma. It ranks 64 out of 492 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $90,640 you keep $69,017 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $78,174 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $90,360.
- Oklahoma's $90,640 median for nuclear medicine technologists places it 38 of 49 states, about 10.58% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Oklahoma, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 64 of 492 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.
- Retained pay in Oklahoma is $69,017 after the full tax stack, from $90,640. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $78,174 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,360 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,490 |
| This salary | $90,640 |
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 Oklahoma | $69,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,469 |
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 | $85,554 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,791 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Oklahoma earn less than $90,640. The published range is $72,110 up to $103,490, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Oklahoma's $69,017, worked from $90,640. 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 64 of 492.
- Two cautions on $78,174, the adjusted value of that $90,640 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oklahoma. 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 64 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Oklahoma the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $72,110 to $103,490. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Oklahoma take-home of $69,017, on $90,640 for work ranking 64 of 492 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 64 of 492 in the state.
- This $78,174 adjusted figure, worked from $90,640, 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 64 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 64 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $72,110 at the bottom tenth to $103,490 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Oklahoma is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $78,174 in national terms.
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 Oklahoma's own levy, $69,017 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($72,110 to $103,490) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oklahoma rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Oklahoma'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 $78,174 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 $69,017 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oklahoma 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.