Skip to content

An independent salary reference. Not affiliated with BLS or any U.S. government agency.

Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Nuclear Technicians Salary in Florida

Nuclear Technicians in Florida earn a median annual salary of $118,340, which is +13.5% compared to the national median. There are 60 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Florida (state).

$118,340
Florida median annual wage
$57/hour median
+13.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $104,240
60
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.16
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$83,660
25th
$89,340
Median
$118,340
75th
$129,730
90th
$129,730

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Florida, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
103.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$114,433
Goods: 98.1%
Services: 90.1%
Rents: 122.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$121,460Compare200
Alabama$107,680Compare170
Virginia$106,270Compare320
New Mexico$105,350CompareN/A
South Carolina$105,300Compare760
Pennsylvania$104,650Compare330

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Florida

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$220,5001.10
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$220,3501.05
Physicists$209,0200.17
Nurse Anesthetists$197,9401.91
Pediatricians, General$195,1000.34
Acupuncturists$183,530N/A
Architectural And Engineering Managers$167,6800.57
Neurologists$165,860N/A

Florida has salary data for 791 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Nuclear Technicians in Florida

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Nuclear Technicians are projected to change by -7.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.