Highest-paying Cities for Nuclear Medicine Technologists

The top 100 highest paying cities for nuclear medicine technologists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of nuclear medicine technologists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $166,270, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for nuclear medicine technologists. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $159,780). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of nuclear medicine technologists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$166,270	$100,980	150
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$159,780	$110,190	80
3	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$137,680	$106,420	100
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$129,900	$99,910	480
5	Fresno, California	$128,680	$104,150	40
6	Stockton, California	$126,140	$92,300	30
7	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$125,730	$103,870	40
8	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$123,350	$84,320	80
9	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$122,300	$94,100	140
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$122,090	$85,890	130
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$119,440	$94,900	50
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$116,590	$93,680	150
13	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$113,960	$85,810	130
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$112,560	$76,600	480
15	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$111,840	$98,080	30
16	Modesto, California	$110,330	$85,860	30
17	Rochester, Minnesota	$109,720	$85,760	30
18	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$105,890	$90,470	n/a
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$105,200	$75,650	370
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$104,250	$88,530	70
21	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$102,650	$81,910	50
22	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$102,100	$74,340	100
23	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,660	$85,230	930
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$101,220	$84,000	40
25	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$100,630	$81,910	50
26	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$100,200	$80,840	120
27	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$99,880	$67,160	310
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$99,280	$78,690	620
29	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$98,870	$70,340	50
30	Spokane, Washington	$98,680	$77,450	30
31	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$98,500	$80,120	70
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$98,370	$79,320	430
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$98,160	$83,060	170
34	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$98,050	$72,310	220
35	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$97,150	$73,770	170
36	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$96,340	$78,190	40
37	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$95,360	$77,750	30
38	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$94,090	$69,850	140
39	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$93,490	$80,150	60
40	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$93,180	$68,810	90
41	Tacoma, Washington	$93,120	$68,660	90
42	Yakima, Washington	$93,090	$70,740	n/a
43	Dayton, Ohio	$92,580	$71,410	80
44	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$91,110	$76,150	260
45	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$91,100	$65,940	70
46	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$90,270	$70,380	430
47	Madison, Wisconsin	$89,840	$75,200	30
48	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$89,810	$39,660	50
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$89,220	$57,120	190
50	Springfield, Massachusetts	$89,090	$70,970	40
51	Honolulu, Hawaii	$88,940	$79,210	70
52	Camden, New Jersey	$88,660	$69,160	90
53	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$88,610	$71,110	200
54	Anchorage, Alaska	$88,270	$64,610	40
55	New Haven, Connecticut	$88,240	$57,710	80
56	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$87,790	$68,940	60
57	Danbury, Connecticut	$87,730	$60,960	40
58	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$87,620	$67,140	30
59	Salt Lake City, Utah	$87,450	$76,320	80
60	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$86,770	$69,750	210
61	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$86,130	$78,460	30
62	Syracuse, New York	$86,000	$69,760	30
63	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$85,720	$66,670	80
64	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$85,640	$70,880	470
65	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$85,420	$72,840	60
66	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$85,300	$79,440	30
67	Rochester, New York	$85,270	$62,020	50
68	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$85,110	$67,310	30
69	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$85,010	$65,800	290
70	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$84,980	$78,780	250
71	Gary, Indiana	$84,290	$66,100	60
72	Akron, Ohio	$84,280	$70,060	50
73	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$84,210	$67,470	150
74	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$84,050	$63,970	30
75	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$84,020	$77,890	70
76	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$83,960	$48,690	40
77	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$83,850	$62,860	70
78	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$83,630	$62,230	50
79	Kansas City, Missouri	$83,430	$61,950	170
80	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$83,420	$69,990	40
81	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$83,320	$68,860	50
82	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$83,270	$55,180	90
83	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$83,050	$64,690	700
84	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$83,010	$72,400	40
85	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$82,890	$60,630	60
86	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$82,770	$56,890	230
87	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$82,700	$65,660	50
88	Richmond, Virginia	$82,640	$66,190	70
89	Memphis, Tennessee	$82,130	$60,840	80
90	Salisbury, Maryland	$81,790	$65,680	30
91	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$81,730	$53,660	n/a
92	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$81,730	$65,560	120
93	Toledo, Ohio	$81,680	$64,320	50
94	Boulder, Colorado	$81,580	$51,890	30
95	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$81,460	$66,860	460
96	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$81,330	$63,100	420
97	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$81,310	$64,840	80
98	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$81,290	$71,140	30
99	Jacksonville, Florida	$81,240	$65,960	140
100	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$81,120	$65,830	190

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for nuclear medicine technologists.