Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,524
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$28,676
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,832
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — 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
$126,200
Kept after tax
$97,524
Worth in national money
$89,832
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays nuclear medicine technologists a middle wage of $126,200, ranking 2 of 49 states and sitting about 24.49% above the national middle.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 58 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $126,200, tax leaves $97,524 — and because Washington is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $89,832 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $127,880, since top earners drag the number up.
- Washington's median for nuclear medicine technologists is $126,200, about 24.49% above the national figure and 2 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 58 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $97,524 remains from the Washington median of $126,200 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $89,832 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $127,880 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 | $102,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $126,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $158,740 |
| This salary | $126,200 |
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 Washington | $97,524 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $97,524 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,527 |
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 | $126,200 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,666 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Washington earn less than $126,200. The published range is $102,970 up to $158,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $97,524 take-home in Washington comes from $126,200. 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 58 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $89,832 uses one figure for the whole of Washington. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 58.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in Washington the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $102,970 to $158,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $97,524, from $126,200, assumes a single Washington 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 58 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,832, worked from $126,200, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Washington address, on work sitting at 58 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $102,970 at the bottom tenth to $158,740 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 Washington run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $89,832 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $97,524 of this wage reaches your account, because Washington takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 ($102,970 to $158,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Washington rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $89,832 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $97,524 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.