State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: California vs Rhode Island
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in California earn a median of $162,380. In Rhode Island, $104,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 56.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+44.3%
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
Rhode Island
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $104,000
- p25
- $104,000
- p75
- $104,000
- p10
- $99,230
- p90
- $133,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.