Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,457
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$22,113
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,315
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — 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
$94,570
Kept after tax
$72,457
Worth in national money
$74,315
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Pennsylvania pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $94,570, 36 of 49 states and about 6.71% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Pennsylvania this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 83 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $94,570, take-home of $72,457 is worth roughly $74,315 in national money. The average lands at $93,430, below the middle of the range.
- Pennsylvania's $94,570 median for nuclear medicine technologists places it 36 of 49 states, about 6.71% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Pennsylvania publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 83 of 492 — 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for nuclear medicine technologists, whose median is $94,570, the adjusted figure of $74,315 differs little from $72,457 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $93,430 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 | $75,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,110 |
| This salary | $94,570 |
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 Pennsylvania | $72,457 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,360 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,236 |
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 | $90,443 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,470 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Pennsylvania earn less than $94,570. The published range is $75,270 up to $118,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $72,457 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $94,570. 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 83 of 492.
- Two cautions on $74,315, the adjusted value of that $94,570 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Pennsylvania. 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 83 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Pennsylvania the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,270 to $118,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $72,457, from $94,570, assumes a single Pennsylvania 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 83 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- This $74,315 adjusted figure, worked from $94,570, 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 83 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 83 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $75,270 and the top tenth $118,110, so most people doing this work in Pennsylvania sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Pennsylvania is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $74,315 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Pennsylvania then takes its own share, leaving $72,457.
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 ($75,270 to $118,110) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania'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 $74,315 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 $72,457 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania 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.