State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: Arkansas vs California
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in California earn a median of $162,380. In Arkansas, $83,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.4% — not 48.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.5%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-34.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $83,670
- p25
- $75,460
- p75
- $97,170
- p10
- $58,130
- p90
- $103,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.