Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Nuclear Equipment Technicians make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Nuclear Equipment Technicians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $49820 to $61090 per year or $24 to $29 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Nuclear Equipment Operation Technician will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of a Nuclear Equipment Operation Technician to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compare the salary of all careers then we give them a rank of A, B, C or D depending on where their average salary sits in comparison to other careers.

After comparing how much do Nuclear Equipment Technicians make with other careers, they have a salary rank of A.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$55	$114670
Senior (Top 25%)	$47	$97120
Middle (Mid 50%)	$38	$79140
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$29	$61090
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$24	$49820

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
NY	$ 46	$ 95,940
CA	$ 46	$ 95,420
PA	$ 45	$ 93,380
FL	$ 43	$ 88,550
NC	$ 41	$ 86,300
TN	$ 41	$ 86,030
TX	$ 41	$ 85,990
IL	$ 41	$ 84,810
MS	$ 38	$ 79,890
CT	$ 38	$ 78,300

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Nuclear Equipment Operation Technician is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NY doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NY might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Nuclear Equipment Technicians are in the states of NY, CA, PA, FL and NC.

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