Nuclear Medicine Technologists in South Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,640
after federal, FICA and South Carolina tax
Tax takes
$21,590
23.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,666
South Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in South Carolina — 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
$90,230
Kept after tax
$68,640
Worth in national money
$73,666
State rank
39
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- South Carolina is among the lower-paying states for nuclear medicine technologists. The middle earner takes $90,230, ranking 39 of 49 states — about 10.99% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations South Carolina reports, nuclear medicine technologists comes in at 75 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $90,230 you keep $68,640 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,666 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $90,760, since top earners drag the number up.
- South Carolina ranks 39 of 49 for nuclear medicine technologists, with a median of $90,230 — about 10.99% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Nuclear medicine technologists ranks 75 of 492 occupations by median in South Carolina, 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.
- Retained pay in South Carolina is $68,640 after the full tax stack, from $90,230. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,666 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,760 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $90,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,760 |
| This salary | $90,230 |
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 South Carolina | $68,640 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $72,307 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$743 |
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 | $85,018 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,026 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in South Carolina earn less than $90,230. The published range is $76,820 up to $102,760, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $68,640 take-home in South Carolina comes from $90,230. 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 75 of 492.
- Two cautions on $73,666, the adjusted value of that $90,230 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of South Carolina. 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 75 of 492 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in South Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $76,820 to $102,760. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $68,640, from $90,230, assumes a single South Carolina 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 75 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 49 for it.
- This $73,666 adjusted figure, worked from $90,230, 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 75 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 75 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $76,820 at the bottom tenth to $102,760 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in South Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $73,666 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; South Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $68,640.
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 ($76,820 to $102,760) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to South Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
South Carolina'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 $73,666 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 $68,640 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and South Carolina 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.