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Nuclear Medicine Outcomes & Career Options
Nuclear Medicine is the medical specialty that utilizes the nuclear properties of radioactive and stable nuclides to make diagnostic evaluations of the anatomic or physiologic conditions of the body. The skills of the Nuclear Medicine technologist complement those of the nuclear medicine physician and of other allied health professionals.
Educational Qualifications
Job Outlook
Entering Salary
The median annual wage for nuclear medicine technologists was $92,500 in May 2023. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $69,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $123,910.
In May 2023, the median annual wages for nuclear medicine technologists in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:
- Outpatient care centers $139,320
- Medical and diagnostic laboratories $93,830
- Hospitals; state, local, and private $93,450
- Offices of physicians $85,280
Partial information in this page was retrieved from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nuclear-medicine-technologists.htm (visited April 17, 2024).