Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,700
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$24,750
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,165
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — 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
$98,450
Kept after tax
$73,700
Worth in national money
$79,165
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wisconsin pays nuclear medicine technologists around $98,450 at the midpoint, 29 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wisconsin. It ranks 54 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Wisconsin does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $98,450 you keep $73,700, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $79,165 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $96,680, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For nuclear medicine technologists the Wisconsin median is $98,450, ranking 29 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wisconsin, nuclear medicine technologists ranks 54 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Wisconsin income tax, retained pay for nuclear medicine technologists on $98,450 is $73,700. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $79,165 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $96,680 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Nuclear Medicine Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,560 |
| This salary | $98,450 |
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 Wisconsin | $73,700 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,090 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,195 |
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 | $92,210 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,651 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
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 Wisconsin earn under $98,450 and half over. The published range runs $77,380 at the tenth percentile to $118,560 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $73,700 take-home in Wisconsin comes from $98,450. 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 54 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wisconsin, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,165, the adjusted value of that $98,450 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 54 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for nuclear medicine technologists in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,380 to $118,560; 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 $73,700, from $98,450, assumes a single Wisconsin 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 54 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wisconsin, so $79,165 — the adjusted value of that $98,450 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 54 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $77,380 and the top tenth $118,560, so most people doing this work in Wisconsin 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 $79,165.
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 Wisconsin's own levy, $73,700 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,380 to $118,560) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wisconsin rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wisconsin'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 $79,165 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 $73,700 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin 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.