Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,366
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$26,454
26.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,806
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — 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
$101,820
Kept after tax
$75,366
Worth in national money
$74,806
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Virginia is 22 of 49 states for nuclear medicine technologists, with a middle wage of $101,820. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 489 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 76 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $101,820 the take-home is $75,366, which is worth about $74,806 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $102,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Virginia ranks 22 of 49 for nuclear medicine technologists at $101,820. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Virginia publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 76 of 489 — 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.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for nuclear medicine technologists on its $101,820 median: $75,366 retained after tax becomes $74,806 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $102,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $120,070 |
| This salary | $101,820 |
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 Virginia | $75,366 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,460 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,993 |
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 | $94,579 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,041 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of nuclear medicine technologists in Virginia earn under $101,820 and half over. The published range runs $84,600 at the tenth percentile to $120,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $75,366 take-home in Virginia comes from $101,820. 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 76 of 489.
- Two cautions on $74,806, the adjusted value of that $101,820 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Virginia. 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 76 of 489 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,600 to $120,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $75,366, from $101,820, assumes a single Virginia 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 76 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 49 for it.
- This $74,806 adjusted figure, worked from $101,820, 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 76 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 76 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $84,600 and the top tenth $120,070, so most people doing this work in Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Virginia costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $74,806 rather than its face figure.
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; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $75,366.
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 ($84,600 to $120,070) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Virginia rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $74,806 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 $75,366 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia 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.