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Nuclear Medicine Technologists pay in Arizona and California
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nuclear Medicine Technologists is $100,130 per year in Arizona. It is $162,380 per year in California. Arizona is 38.3% below California on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2033 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 430 wage and salary jobs in Arizona and 1,500 in California. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings