State comparison · 2025
Nuclear Medicine Technologists salary: Hawaii vs South Dakota
Nuclear Medicine Technologists in Hawaii earn a median of $125,650. In South Dakota, $82,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.2%
Hawaii vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $125,650
- p25
- $114,420
- p75
- $128,780
- p10
- $108,140
- p90
- $130,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
South Dakota
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Median
- $82,010
- p25
- $65,420
- p75
- $97,720
- p10
- $39,090
- p90
- $101,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.