Nuclear medicine technologists

The median annual salary for Nuclear medicine technologists in the US is $97,020.

The role is projected to grow 3% over the next decade (about as fast as average). Current US employment is approximately 20,000 workers.

The typical entry education is a Associate's degree. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.

The most in-demand skills for this role include hygiene in a health care setting, pharmaceutical products, health care legislation, medical terminology, health care occupation-specific ethics, radiation physics in healthcare. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives Nuclear medicine technologists a score of 0.44 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

Nuclear medicine technologists has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.