State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: California vs Mississippi
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in California earn a median of $162,380. In Mississippi, $83,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.1% — not 94.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.8%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+53.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Mississippi
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $83,340
- p25
- $75,980
- p75
- $89,270
- p10
- $64,880
- p90
- $101,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.