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Nuclear Technicians pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Richmond, VA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Nuclear Technicians is $171,470 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $122,210 per year in Richmond, VA. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 40.3% above Richmond, VA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4051 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 100 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 60 in Richmond, VA. 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