State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in California earn a median of $162,380. In Pennsylvania, $94,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.4% — not 71.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.7%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+51.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $94,570
- p25
- $80,510
- p75
- $103,500
- p10
- $75,270
- p90
- $118,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.