Nuclear Medicine Technologists in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,007
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$16,453
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,844
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West 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
$76,460
Kept after tax
$60,007
Worth in national money
$66,844
State rank
48
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nuclear medicine technologists is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $76,460. That is 48 of 49 states, and about 24.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within West Virginia this is well-paid work. Of 473 occupations with published figures in the state, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 92 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- West Virginia is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $76,460 the take-home is $60,007; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,844 would nationally. The average comes to $81,620, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nuclear medicine technologists, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $76,460, ranking 48 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 24.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation West Virginia publishes a median for, nuclear medicine technologists sits 92 of 473 — 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.
- Post-tax income for nuclear medicine technologists in West Virginia, on $76,460, is $60,007 — equivalent to $66,844 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $81,620 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,300 |
| This salary | $76,460 |
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 West Virginia | $60,007 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,620 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,404 |
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 | $72,746 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,320 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in West Virginia earn less than $76,460. The published range is $65,570 up to $101,300, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $60,007, from $76,460, 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 92 of 473 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,844 uses one figure for the whole of West Virginia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 473 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 92.
- Reported values are medians; for nuclear medicine technologists in West Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,570 to $101,300. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $60,007 from $76,460. 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 92 of 473 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,844, worked from $76,460, 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 West Virginia address, on work sitting at 92 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $81,620 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $65,570 and the top tenth $101,300, so most people doing this work in West Virginia sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $66,844.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and West Virginia's own levy, $60,007 remains.
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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in West Virginia is $81,620. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,570 to $101,300) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia'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 $66,844 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 $60,007 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West 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.