The annual salary statistics of nuclear medicine technologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of nuclear medicine technologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $72,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $76,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $85,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $88,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nuclear medicine technologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $102,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $72,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nuclear medicine technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $85,420 | 7.09% | 20.01% |
| 2021 | $79,360 | -5.52% | - |
| 2020 | $83,740 | 5.03% | - |
| 2019 | $79,530 | 6.84% | - |
| 2018 | $74,090 | 2.31% | - |
| 2017 | $72,380 | 0.98% | - |
| 2016 | $71,670 | 0.40% | - |
| 2015 | $71,380 | 2.41% | - |
| 2014 | $69,660 | 1.98% | - |
| 2013 | $68,280 | -0.07% | - |
| 2012 | $68,330 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $85,420 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for nuclear medicine technologists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of nuclear medicine technologists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 18.8 percent (18.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Syracuse | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |