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Nuclear Medicine Technologists · SOC 29-2033

Nuclear Medicine Technologists Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$198,950
Median hourly wage$95.65

Nuclear Medicine Technologists in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $198,950 per year ($95.65 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $154,280 at the 10th percentile to $231,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 100 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Nuclear Medicine Technologists in the San Jose metro area earn more than $198,950 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $187,230 and $215,210.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$154,280$187,230$198,950$215,210$231,750
Hourly$74.17$90.02$95.65$103.46$111.42

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $198,950
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $162,380
  • United Statesnational
    $101,370

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +23% vs California overall and +96% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$52,480$101,303$150,127$198,950San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $52,480Wichita, KS — $64,610Knoxville, TN — $82,620Montgomery, AL — $82,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $82,770Pittsburgh, PA — $82,830Fayetteville, NC — $83,330Tallahassee, FL — $83,360Huntsville, AL — $83,390Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $84,470Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $84,700Birmingham, AL — $85,700Charleston, WV — $86,780Flint, MI — $87,060Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $87,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $87,380Columbia, SC — $87,480Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $89,200Jackson, MS — $89,270Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $90,460Oklahoma City, OK — $90,640Lexington-Fayette, KY — $90,990Winston-Salem, NC — $91,350Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $91,490North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $91,950Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $92,630Raleigh-Cary, NC — $92,670Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $94,500Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $94,810Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $95,140New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $95,250Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $95,470Naples-Marco Island, FL — $96,050Toledo, OH — $96,150Wilmington, NC — $96,620Richmond, VA — $97,300Tulsa, OK — $97,310Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,370San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $97,370Gainesville, FL — $97,470Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $97,890Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $98,160Albuquerque, NM — $98,400Tucson, AZ — $99,080Cleveland, OH — $99,400Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $99,620Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $99,640Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $99,810Madison, WI — $99,820Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $100,060Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $100,060Springfield, MO — $100,090Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $100,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $100,610Jacksonville, FL — $100,640Port St. Lucie, FL — $100,700Rochester, NY — $100,930Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $101,120Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $101,150Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $101,630St. Louis, MO-IL — $102,170Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $102,460Boise City, ID — $102,690Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $103,270Columbus, OH — $103,510Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $103,730Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $103,900Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $104,000Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $104,180Lincoln, NE — $104,320Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $104,750Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $105,450Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $105,460Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $105,590Omaha, NE-IA — $105,610Green Bay, WI — $106,370Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $107,230Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $107,300Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $107,380Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $108,860Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $109,900Worcester, MA — $111,400Colorado Springs, CO — $113,670Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $115,230Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $118,110Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $123,450New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $125,340New Haven, CT — $125,980Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $127,010Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $128,560Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $133,380Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $150,870Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $156,410San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $162,380Fresno, CA — $163,380Modesto, CA — $172,530Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $173,260San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $189,790San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $198,950

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 99 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for nuclear medicine technologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $198,950
  • San Francisco metro area
    $189,790
  • Sacramento metro area
    $173,260
  • Modesto metro area
    $172,530
  • Fresno metro area
    $163,380
  • San Diego metro area
    $162,380
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $156,410

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$216,740Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$95,320Physicians, All Other$98,870Pharmacists$199,040Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$84,870Pharmacy Technicians$75,490

Highest-paying metro areas for nuclear medicine technologistss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.