State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: Alabama vs California
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in California earn a median of $162,380. In Alabama, $82,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 49.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.1%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-36.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $82,630
- p25
- $77,530
- p75
- $91,100
- p10
- $64,150
- p90
- $100,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $162,380
- p25
- $136,820
- p75
- $178,190
- p10
- $122,760
- p90
- $200,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.