Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Oregon
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,588
after federal, FICA and Oregon tax
Tax takes
$37,512
30.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,774
Oregon costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Oregon — 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
$122,100
Kept after tax
$84,588
Worth in national money
$80,774
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Oregon pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $122,100, ranking 5 of 49 states and sitting about 20.45% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Oregon reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 46 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $122,100, tax leaves $84,588 — and because Oregon is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $80,774 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $118,570.
- Oregon's median for nuclear medicine technologists is $122,100, about 20.45% above the national figure and 5 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 46 of 489 occupations by median in Oregon, 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.
- After tax, $84,588 remains from the Oregon median of $122,100 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $80,774 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $118,570 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 | $101,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,510 |
| This salary | $122,100 |
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 Oregon | $84,588 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,721 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,701 |
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 | $107,687 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,077 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 105 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,100 as a midpoint for Oregon, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $101,080 and the ninetieth is $132,510 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Oregon the take-home figure of $84,588, from $122,100, 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 46 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $80,774, the adjusted value of that $122,100 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Oregon. 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 46 of 489 locally.
- The Oregon median of $122,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $101,080 to $132,510. 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 Oregon is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $84,588 from $122,100. 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 46 of 489 locally.
- This $80,774 adjusted figure, worked from $122,100, 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 46 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 46 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $101,080 at the bottom tenth to $132,510 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Oregon run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $80,774 — 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 Oregon adds its own income tax on top — which is why $84,588 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 ($101,080 to $132,510) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Oregon rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Oregon's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $80,774 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 $84,588 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Oregon 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.