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SOC 29-2033
Nuclear medicine technologists (O*NET-SOC 29-2033.00) prepare, administer and measure radioisotopes under physician direction for diagnosis, treatment and tracer research: preparing radiopharmaceuticals and calculating and recording doses under requirements, operating gamma cameras, PET and other imaging equipment, processing quantitative study data such as cardiac function, explaining procedures and safety precautions to patients, performing equipment quality control, and storing drugs and disposing of radioactive waste under radiation safety procedures. This page uses only official sources to explain occupational scope, tasks, preparation requirements, Chinese and US statistical definitions, and authorization boundaries.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+75)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Conduct an off-site exercise using a fictional prescription and patient information: create a checklist covering dose units, administration time, radionuclide and batch number, list three patient preparation items requiring confirmation before imaging and two abnormal conditions requiring suspension and escalation. The exercise does not authorize real drug administration, imaging or diagnosis.
First hurdle | Verify authorization boundaries first: who may prescribe and adjust radiopharmaceuticals, review dose calculations and sign image interpretations. In the United States, authorized users oversee drug use and safety under NRC or Agreement State license conditions. In China, radiation workers must hold a Radiation Worker Certificate and undergo training and dose monitoring; medical institutions using radiopharmaceuticals must hold a Radiopharmaceutical Use License. Technologists must not replace physicians in diagnostic or treatment decisions.
20—120-minute safe trial | Conduct an off-site exercise using a fictional prescription and patient information: create a checklist covering dose units, administration time, radionuclide and batch number, list three patient preparation items requiring confirmation before imaging and two abnormal conditions requiring suspension and escalation. Do not use this exercise to administer drugs, image or diagnose any real patient.
Nuclear medicine technologists (O*NET-SOC 29-2033.00) prepare, administer and measure radioisotopes under physician direction for treatment, diagnosis and tracer research: preparing radiopharmaceuticals under safety standards minimizing radiation exposure; calculating and recording doses received, used and disposed of; operating imaging equipment to acquire and generate images; processing quantitative data such as cardiac function; explaining procedures and assisting patients; performing equipment quality control; and storing drugs and disposing of radioactive waste under radiation safety procedures. Actual permitted activities depend on relevant education, target state and employer requirements, applicable license conditions and institutional role authorization.
Career direction comparison
Magnetic resonance imaging technologists | Center their work on MRI equipment and strong magnetic field safety. This occupation additionally handles radiopharmaceutical doses, contamination monitoring and waste control.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
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| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Centers on cardiovascular examinations and interventional assistance, with equipment and training pathways in cardiovascular technology, without radiopharmaceutical preparation, dose records or nuclear medicine imaging. This occupation's core outputs are interpretable nuclear medicine images and dose records. | Adjacent roles may share patient communication, equipment quality control and recordkeeping skills, but education, licenses, certifications, radioactive material permissions and institutional authorization require renewed verification. | Compare the objects you want to handle over the long term: cardiovascular signals, in vitro specimens, magnetic resonance images, or radiopharmaceuticals and nuclear medicine images. |
AI impact on this career
Tools may assist procedural checklists, record organization and some regulated image analysis. Qualified personnel must still confirm administered activity, perform equipment quality control, monitor patients and sign records. AI Impact Score 25% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((0+0+75)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Chinese mainland salary reference
Definition comparison | The National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages of employees in urban units by industry section, without listing nuclear medicine or medical imaging technologists separately. This page uses only health and social work industry-section averages as a reference.
Verifiable reference | In 2025, average annual wages for employees in urban nonprivate units in health and social work were RMB 146,266, compared with RMB 75,631 in urban private units in the same industry. Coverage includes legal entities in urban areas with 5 or more employees; individually owned businesses and freelancers are excluded.
Not obtained; no substitute entered
Approximately RMB 12,189 / month (RMB 146,266 / year ÷12, arithmetic equivalent of the industry average)
US wages and employment
BLS data relayed by US O*NET: 2025 exact occupation 29-2033.00 median annual wage of USD 101,370, median hourly wage of USD 48.74, and annual wage percentiles spanning USD 78,080—134,500；The 2025 BLS OEWS data displayed by O*NET report the exact occupation 29-2033.00: median hourly wage of USD 48.74 and median annual wage of USD 101,370. These figures are not starting salaries or individual quoted rates.
| Wage level | Annual wage reference | Hourly equivalent | Interpretation |
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| Median annual wage (P50) | $101,370 / year | $48.74 / hour | Represents only the median annual wage, not a starting salary or individual quoted rate.；National annual wage percentiles under the same definition are USD 78,080 at the 10th percentile, USD 86,720 at the 25th, USD 117,120 at the 75th and USD 134,500 at the 90th. Corresponding hourly wages are USD 37.54, 41.69, 56.31 and 64.66. |
| 25th—75th percentiles | $86,720—$117,120 / year |
Career fit guide
Focus on verification, protection, records, patient communication and training performance. Interest or personality scores cannot replace qualifications and job competence.
Fit signals： Sustain verification and protection habits amid radiation and infection exposure, record doses and timing item by item, and explain procedures clearly to patients.
Signals for caution： A tendency to skip checks or quality control to meet schedules, and difficulty accepting daily radiopharmaceutical contact and infection risks.
Low-cost trial： Use a fictional prescription to practice dose and preparation checks, and obtain evaluation from qualified personnel in a teaching or guided training setting.
Work pressures, risks and professional boundaries
Risks center on identity–prescription mismatches, activity or timing deviations, missing quality control, contamination and waste handling, protection and monitoring omissions, and unauthorized operations. Verify, review, document and escalate under institutional procedures; two-person review follows applicable policies.
Among US O*NET respondents, 100% report daily radiation exposure, 74% daily infection exposure, 67% consider accuracy extremely important, and 62% report extremely serious error consequences. These are not injury probabilities. Verify Chinese training and monitoring against health authority rules and drug use against the 2024 revised measures and 2025 licensing reform.
Typical scenario：Administering drugs without item-by-item checks of patient identity, drug labels and prescription information
Roles most affected：Relevant roles include administration, activity records, equipment quality control, patient assistance and waste handoffs, as well as collaborating physicians, medical physicists and protection personnel. New employees should develop checking habits under guidance; this review has no evidence comparing their error probabilities with those of others.
Entry, qualifications and career development
First identify the target jurisdiction and role. In the United States, investigate accredited nuclear medicine technology education and clinical training, employer certification requirements and applicable state licenses. In China, verify nuclear medicine staffing, relevant professional training, radiation worker conditions and institutional authorization. Paper exercises cannot replace clinical training.
Career outlook and transitions to related occupations
US employment was approximately 17,400 in 2025 and is projected to reach 18,200 in 2035. BLS detailed tables project growth of 4.4%, OOH rounds to 4%, and O*NET categorizes it as average (3%—4%). Average annual openings over 2025—2035 are projected at 800, including growth and replacement. O*NET's details page labels 96% in health care and social assistance in 2025; the separate industry subpage still shows 83% without a year and is not combined with it.
Geographic scope | Nationwide United States, from the same source as the wage and employment data; the page specifies the exact occupation 29-2033.00 Nuclear Medicine Technologists. · Exact occupation 29-2033.00 Nuclear Medicine Technologists
2025—2035 growth of 4.4% (OOH rounded to 4%); 800 average annual openings
According to O*NET 29-2033.00, core work includes preparing and administering radiopharmaceuticals under physician direction and safety standards minimizing radiation exposure; calculating, measuring and recording doses received, used and disposed of according to prescriptions; using cameras to detect and map radiopharmaceutical distributions in the body and generate images; processing study data such as cardiac function with computers; explaining procedures and safety precautions to patients and collecting histories; performing equipment and camera quality control, maintenance and calibration; storing radiopharmaceuticals and disposing of radioactive waste under radiation safety procedures; and training or supervising students and subordinate technologists.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
One-sentence assessment | This career is worth exploring further only if you are willing to work with radiopharmaceuticals and patients daily, consistently complete dose checks, quality control and records according to procedures, and accept radiation protection and two-person review constraints.
Core output | Connect prescriptions and patient information, radiopharmaceutical preparation and dose records, imaging and quantitative results, and quality control and waste disposal records into a traceable examination file: images or data for physician interpretation, dose and timing records, and abnormality and adverse event reports, rather than just an image.
Nuclear medicine technologists (O*NET-SOC 29-2033.00) prepare, administer and measure radioisotopes under physician direction for diagnosis, treatment and tracer research. They prepare radiopharmaceutical stock solutions under safety standards minimizing staff and patient radiation exposure; calculate, measure and record doses received, used and disposed of; operate gamma cameras, PET and other imaging equipment; process quantitative study data such as cardiac function; explain procedures and safety precautions to patients; perform equipment quality control; and store radiopharmaceuticals and dispose of radioactive waste under radiation safety procedures.
Work takes place almost entirely in nuclear medicine departments and imaging centers within medical institutions. O*NET work context data show that 84% work indoors in controlled conditions daily, 89% use the telephone daily, and 91% maintain constant contact with others. Schedules are regular for 90%; 46% work 40 hours, 31% fewer than 40 hours, and 22% more than 40 hours per week.
The emphasis is on traceable doses and procedures: aligning prescriptions, radionuclides and activity, administration times, patient preparation and imaging parameters, and suspending operations, reporting and following procedures when patient conditions or equipment are abnormal.
The workflow proceeds as follows: verify prescriptions and patient information → prepare radiopharmaceuticals and check doses → administer drugs and monitor patients → acquire images and data → process data and perform quality control → document reports and dispose of waste. Occupational boundaries | This occupation is distinct from radiologists, responsible for diagnostic and treatment decisions; radiation therapists, responsible for delivering external-beam treatment; and medical physicists, responsible for equipment and dosimetry systems. Prescribing, interpretation and dosimetry responsibilities belong to different professions.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
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| Step 1 | Verify prescriptions, patient identity and preparation status | Verification |
| Step 2 | Prepare radiopharmaceuticals and conduct two-person activity review | Preparation |
| Step 3 | Administer according to prescriptions and monitor patient reactions | Administration |
| Step 4 | Acquire images and confirm imaging quality | Imaging |
| Step 5 | Process quantitative data and organize results | Processing |
| Step 6 | Perform equipment quality control and contamination monitoring | Quality control |
| Step 7 | Record, report and dispose of radioactive waste | Disposal |
Radiopharmaceutical preparation and administration | Prepare radiopharmaceuticals under physician direction and administer them according to safety standards, intravenously administering radiopharmaceuticals or radiation to detect or treat disease.
Dose calculation and records | Calculate, measure and record radiation doses or radiopharmaceuticals received, used and disposed of according to physicians' prescriptions.
Imaging and data processing | Use cameras to detect and map radiopharmaceutical distributions in the body, produce photographs or computer images, and use computers to process study data such as cardiac function.
Patient communication and assistance | Explain examination procedures and safety precautions, collect illness and medical history information, and assist patients during examinations.
Quality control and equipment maintenance | Perform quality control checks on laboratory equipment or cameras, and maintain and calibrate radioisotope and laboratory equipment.
Radiation safety and waste disposal | Dispose of radioactive materials and store radiopharmaceuticals according to radiation safety procedures, and train or supervise students and subordinate technologists.
Qualified and authorized technologists hold operational responsibility for drug administration and imaging. Nuclear medicine physicians hold prescribing and interpretation responsibilities, while medical physicists oversee dosimetry systems.
Nuclear medicine technologists
Nuclear medicine physicians
Medical physicists
Radiation protection lead
Institutions and regulators
| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. Specific requirements should draw on official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules to produce verifiable results, records or deliverables. | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. It differs from adjacent occupations in specific requirements grounded in official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules, as well as outputs and authorization chains. | The choice depends on whether you prefer responsibility for execution, interpretation, design, coordination or management. |
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| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. Specific requirements should draw on official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules to produce verifiable results, records or deliverables. | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. It differs from adjacent occupations in specific requirements grounded in official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules, as well as outputs and authorization chains. | The choice depends on whether you prefer responsibility for execution, interpretation, design, coordination or management. |
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| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. Specific requirements should draw on official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules to produce verifiable results, records or deliverables. | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. It differs from adjacent occupations in specific requirements grounded in official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules, as well as outputs and authorization chains. | The choice depends on whether you prefer responsibility for execution, interpretation, design, coordination or management. |
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| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. Specific requirements should draw on official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules to produce verifiable results, records or deliverables. | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. It differs from adjacent occupations in specific requirements grounded in official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules, as well as outputs and authorization chains. | The choice depends on whether you prefer responsibility for execution, interpretation, design, coordination or management. |
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| Adjacent technical or operational directions | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. Specific requirements should draw on official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules to produce verifiable results, records or deliverables. | Nuclear medicine technologist work forms a verifiable occupational workflow around the work object, task process, review of results and transfer of responsibilities. It differs from adjacent occupations in specific requirements grounded in official occupational sources, employer procedures and local rules, as well as outputs and authorization chains. | The choice depends on whether you prefer responsibility for execution, interpretation, design, coordination or management. |
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Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | Mainly perform cardiovascular examinations, including electrocardiography and hemodynamic monitoring, focusing on cardiovascular signals and interventional assistance. This occupation centers on radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear medicine imaging and dose records, with different equipment and radiation safety requirements.
When moving to an adjacent role, first compare transferable skills, including patient communication, equipment quality control, doses and records. Then obtain licenses, equipment authorization or dosimetry training specific to the target direction. Comparison does not imply mutual recognition of qualifications or automatic job transfer.
Candidate assistance uses derived from task analysis include drafts, checklists and record organization; these do not establish clinical adoption or effects.
O*NET Hot Technologies lists only 6 employer-mentioned software products. Microsoft Office, MEDITECH, Outlook and Excel are each below 1%, while PowerPoint and Word percentages are unavailable. The page provides no generative AI adoption rate.
US employment was approximately 17,400 in 2025 and is projected to reach 18,200 in 2035. BLS detailed tables project growth of 4.4%, OOH rounds to 4%, and O*NET categorizes it as average (3%—4%). Average annual openings over 2025—2035 are projected at 800, including growth and replacement. Device authorization and software use do not establish causality for job increases or decreases.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient preparation and communication | Explain procedures, collect histories and confirm preparation status | Preparation drafts may receive assistance | The technologist remains responsible for communication and suspension judgments |
| Radiopharmaceutical preparation | Prepare radiopharmaceuticals according to safety standards | Checklist and batch number verification may receive assistance | The technologist remains responsible for preparation and activity confirmation |
| Dose calculation and records | Calculate and record doses received, used and disposed of | Record organization may receive assistance | Authorized personnel remain responsible for dose checks and institutionally required review |
| Administration and monitoring | Administer according to prescriptions and monitor patient reactions | Tool replacement is not applicable | Authorized personnel remain responsible for administration decisions and abnormality handling |
| Imaging and data processing | Acquire images and process quantitative data | Regulated imaging software may assist analysis | The technologist remains responsible for image quality and data completeness |
| Equipment quality control | Perform quality control checks, calibration and maintenance | Quality control data recording may receive assistance | The technologist remains responsible for suspending use and requesting repairs |
| Waste and contamination handling | Store drugs and dispose of radioactive waste | Handoff form organization may receive assistance | The technologist remains responsible for contamination monitoring and response |
The following evidence separately addresses technological capabilities, employer technology signals and device regulation, with samples, scope and limitations specified for each entry.
Different work directions within this occupation are affected differently. The table compares actual directions within the occupation.
AI primarily changesProcedural checklists and record organization may receive assistance
Human responsibility remainsConfirmation of administered activity and quality control
AI primarily changesQuantitative measurements and result organization may receive assistance
Human responsibility remainsData completeness and abnormality judgments
AI primarily changesImage reconstruction and assisted annotation may receive assistance
Human responsibility remainsPatient preparation, dose and prerequisites for image interpretation
Accountability must remain intact when tools enter nuclear medicine procedures: check inputs, conditions of use, output review, recordkeeping and escalation of abnormalities in sequence.
Confirm patient identity, prescription, radionuclide and activity, administration time and patient preparation status.
Process patient and dose data in institution-authorized systems and under license conditions; imaging software must be an authorized version.
Qualified personnel review dose calculations, image quality and tool-generated measurements.
Retain verification, signature, quality control and contamination monitoring records required by the institution; conduct two-person review under its procedures.
Suspend and report under procedures when identity or prescriptions mismatch, activity deviates, quality control fails or contamination occurs.
Incorrect administration causes abnormal patient exposure and treatment deviations
Control: Verify identity, prescriptions and labels under institutional procedures, implement applicable two-person review and retain records
Directly affects imaging quality and treatment dose
Control: Calculate, measure and record activity and timing according to prescriptions; review deviations under procedures
Uninterpretable images may lead to misdiagnosis or repeat examinations
Control: Perform quality control at required intervals, document results and stop use upon failure
Causes environmental and personnel contamination and regulatory penalties
Control: Monitor surface contamination, store waste by category and hand over radioactive waste according to procedures
Causes occupational health harm
Control: Wear dosimeters correctly, undergo scheduled monitoring and health examinations, and complete training under policies
Editorial recommendation: start by trialing tools for appointment organization, patient preparation drafts, procedural checklists and record fields. This derives from task analysis, not measured occupational adoption or efficiency results. Humans must review clinical content.
Editorial recommendation: abnormal-field or quality control data screening may be candidate assistance uses, requiring prior validation of rules, false positives and false negatives, and institutional permissions. This review did not obtain actual occupational adoption rates or clinical outcome data.
Human control points (editorial synthesis): verify the patient, prescription, activity, timing and equipment status. Reviewer numbers and signature requirements follow institutional policies; the two-person review recommended on this page cannot be extended into a uniform requirement of the cited regulations.
Capability development | Build skills in radiopharmaceuticals and dose calculations, imaging equipment operation and quality control, patient communication and monitoring, radiation protection and contamination response, and collaboration with physicians and medical physicists, beyond producing images faster.
The available evidence does not support a replacement conclusion: O*NET provides no generative AI adoption rate for this occupation. Some imaging software is regulated as medical devices and may assist analysis, but qualified personnel must still confirm administered activity, perform equipment quality control and monitor patients.
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Editorially proposed assistance candidates include preparation drafts, procedural checklists and record organization. Actual capabilities, clinical uses and effects require validation.
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The respective authorized personnel retain responsibility for drug administration, clearance for examinations, diagnosis and abnormality handling. Tool-assisted calculation does not confer these decision permissions.
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O*NET Hot Technologies lists only 6 software products, all with percentages below 1% or unavailable. These indicate only employer mentions, without establishing proficiency or the extent of automation.
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Treat this as task-level analysis. Read "current changes" and "human control points" line by line, without interpreting them as causal conclusions about job replacement or layoffs.
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Real patient data must follow institutional data policies and applicable rules. Image-assistance devices for clinical use require separate checks of authorization, versions and intended uses. Not every generative drafting tool equates to an AI medical device.
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Editorial recommendations include checking consistency of prescription records, quality control, contamination and dose records, and abnormality reports. Steps requiring two-person review follow institutional policies.
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When moving to an adjacent role, first compare transferable skills, including patient communication, equipment quality control, doses and records. Then obtain licenses, equipment authorization or dosimetry training specific to the target direction.
Approximately RMB 6,303 / month (RMB 75,631 / year ÷12, arithmetic equivalent of the industry average)
Public information on responsibilities, licensing frameworks and protection requirements may support career exploration, but cannot be used to infer individual income in mainland China.
| Education stage | Job direction | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Education related to medical imaging or nuclear medicine technology | Enter supervised nuclear medicine technology roles | Article Seven of the Provisions on the Administration of Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment lists technical personnel or nuclear medicine technologists with a bachelor's degree or higher, or an intermediate or higher professional technical title, for institutional nuclear medicine staffing. This is not equivalent to US associate degree requirements. |
| Professional technical role qualifications and authorization | Independently perform administration, imaging and records | Verify Chinese role and institutional staffing requirements. Training certificates do not automatically confer prescribing authority; US state licenses cannot be extrapolated to China. |
| Radiation worker training and dose monitoring | Ongoing conditions for radiation work | Pre-work training must last at least 4 days, with no more than 2 years between training sessions. |
| Institutional licensing and role authorization | Determines equipment and procedures that may be operated | Chinese medical institutions using radiopharmaceuticals must meet safety protection, premises, equipment, sanitary environment and storage requirements. Use of compounded radiopharmaceutical preparations requires the corresponding grade of Radiopharmaceutical Use License. Category one and two use licenses were canceled from January 20, 2025; not all drug use can be treated as requiring this license. |
For income judgments, verify the specific institution type, position structure, scheduling and contract terms.
Verify equipment configurations, license grades and scheduling and on-call arrangements.
Verify therapeutic radionuclide use permissions and protection conditions.
Verify license scope, equipment maintenance and staffing.
Insufficient evidence: this review did not obtain a national Chinese occupational wage distribution for nuclear medicine technologists. Health and social work industry averages are not used to estimate the occupational median or individual income. Radiation worker training, personal dose monitoring and lifelong dose records remain required. Chinese medical institutions using radiopharmaceuticals must meet safety protection, premises, equipment, sanitary environment and storage requirements. Use of compounded radiopharmaceutical preparations requires the corresponding grade of Radiopharmaceutical Use License. Category one and two use licenses were canceled from January 20, 2025; not all drug use can be treated as requiring this license.
| $41.69—$56.31 / hour |
| 25th—75th percentile range under the same 2025 national definition.；The percentiles and medians all use 2025 BLS OEWS national data and cannot be directly compared across years, regions or institution types. |
| 10th—90th percentiles | $78,080—$134,500 / year | $37.54—$64.66 / hour | 10th—90th percentile range under the same 2025 national definition, not minimum and maximum values.；OEWS excludes self-employment income. Wages include commissions, incentive pay and production bonuses, while excluding overtime premiums, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses, among other items. Performance bonuses cannot be categorically excluded, and the figures are not individual take-home income. |
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10th percentile wage：$78,080 / year ($37.54 / hour)；2025 BLS OEWS national 10th percentile；a lower percentile is not a starting salary for new graduates
25th percentile wage：$86,720 / year ($41.69 / hour)；2025 BLS OEWS national 25th percentile
Median wage：$101,370 / year ($48.74 / hour)；2025 BLS OEWS national median；not a starting salary or individual quoted rate
75th percentile wage：$117,120 / year ($56.31 / hour)；2025 BLS OEWS national 75th percentile
90th percentile wage：$134,500 / year ($64.66 / hour)；2025 BLS OEWS national 90th percentile
The median wage is not a starting salary or an individual income commitment.；Lower percentiles are not starting salaries for new graduates, and distribution data cannot be used to estimate individual take-home pay or after-tax income.
The listed percentiles share the same national definition. Lower percentiles are not starting salaries and cannot predict individual income.；Scheduling, on-call and performance pay structures differ among hospitals, outpatient imaging centers and specialty institutions. Verify the specific employer, region and role responsibilities. US figures cannot be converted into individual income in mainland China.
US employment was approximately 17,400 in 2025 and is projected to reach 18,200 in 2035. BLS detailed tables project growth of 4.4%, OOH rounds to 4%, and O*NET categorizes it as average (3%—4%). Average annual openings over 2025—2035 are projected at 800, including growth and replacement.
Hospitals, specialty institutions and independent imaging centers differ in equipment, licensing and scheduling. Verify actual income and work content by institution and role.
| Industry | Median annual wages for this occupation in the listed industries (2025 BLS OOH) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Outpatient care centers | USD 171,170 / year | Median annual wage for this occupation in the industry as listed by BLS OOH for May 2025; not an industry-wide average wage or individual quoted rate. | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nuclear-medicine-technologists.htm |
| Medical and diagnostic laboratories | USD 103,410 / year | Median annual wage for this occupation in the industry as listed by BLS OOH for May 2025; not an industry-wide average wage or individual quoted rate. | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nuclear-medicine-technologists.htm |
| Hospitals (state, local and private) | USD 101,280 / year | Median annual wage for this occupation in the industry as listed by BLS OOH for May 2025; not an industry-wide average wage or individual quoted rate. | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nuclear-medicine-technologists.htm |
| Physicians' offices | USD 98,420 / year | Median annual wage for this occupation in the industry as listed by BLS OOH for May 2025; not an industry-wide average wage or individual quoted rate. | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nuclear-medicine-technologists.htm |
Verify equipment and license scope at hospitals, specialty institutions or independent imaging centers.
Verify license types, certification and whether the role involves specialties such as PET or nuclear cardiology.
Verify the effects of night shifts, weekends, on-call work and overtime allowances on actual income.
O*NET assigns this occupation the interest code RIC: Realistic preferences involve equipment operation and technical work; Investigative preferences involve medical and physical science questions; Conventional preferences involve organizing information according to procedures and codes. Interests indicate only which activities you are willing to sustain and cannot predict technical competence or hiring outcomes.
Compare interest signals with real experience: whether you are willing to handle radiopharmaceuticals and imaging equipment according to procedures over the long term while maintaining dose and protection discipline alongside patient care, beyond looking only at interest scores or self-labels.
Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to interests and activity preferences?
Caution signal: you want only to operate equipment without protection, quality control and recordkeeping responsibilities, or are unwilling to complete the education, qualifications and authorization required for the target region and role.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to recordkeeping habits and consistent execution?
Nuclear medicine roles require relevant work behaviors and supervised training. This signal does not establish that a personality type is better suited or more likely to be hired.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to patient communication approaches?
Nuclear medicine roles require relevant work behaviors and supervised training. This signal does not establish that a personality type is better suited or more likely to be hired.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to training and protection discipline?
Nuclear medicine roles require relevant work behaviors and supervised training. This signal does not establish that a personality type is better suited or more likely to be hired.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to verification and calculation abilities?
Nuclear medicine roles require relevant work behaviors and supervised training. This signal does not establish that a personality type is better suited or more likely to be hired.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Are you willing to sustain the requirements related to patient assistance and physical conditions?
Nuclear medicine roles require relevant work behaviors and supervised training. This signal does not establish that a personality type is better suited or more likely to be hired.
Do not use it this way: Personality labels cannot replace work behavior recommendations; verify through trainer feedback and actual assessments.
Explore career interests (RIASEC)Fits better when: Cardiovascular examinations and interventional assistance
Watch for: If you prefer nonradioactive cardiovascular examinations
Explore related career: Cardiovascular technologists and techniciansFits better when: In vitro specimen testing procedures
Watch for: If you prefer laboratory testing over patient procedures
Explore related career: Clinical laboratory technologists and techniciansFits better when: Magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic field safety
Watch for: If you prefer magnetic resonance imaging, which does not use radiopharmaceuticals but requires magnetic field safety and target role training.
Explore related career: Magnetic resonance imaging technologistsFits better when: External-beam treatment delivery
Watch for: If you prefer treatment delivery over diagnostic imaging
Explore related career: Radiation therapistsFits better when: Department operations and quality management
Watch for: If you want to move toward department management and process improvement
Explore related career: Medical and health services managersFits better when: Ultrasound imaging and patient communication
Watch for: If you prefer ultrasound imaging without radiopharmaceuticals
Explore related career: Diagnostic medical sonographersRadiopharmaceuticals and dose calculations, imaging equipment operation and quality control, patient communication and monitoring, radiation protection and contamination response, records and collaboration.
No. Interest codes describe activity preferences only. Fit should be judged through education and training performance, trainer evaluations and practical assessments.
O*NET places the occupation in Job Zone 3 (SVP 6.0 to <7.0), with an education survey showing 63% associate degrees, 22% bachelor's degrees and 6% postbaccalaureate certificates.
Most US nuclear medicine technologists hold professional certification, and some states require licensure. Verify mandatory certification, licenses and specialty credentials against the target state and employer. Chinese medical institutions using radiopharmaceuticals must meet safety protection, premises, equipment, sanitary environment and storage requirements. Use of compounded radiopharmaceutical preparations requires the corresponding grade of Radiopharmaceutical Use License. Category one and two use licenses were canceled from January 20, 2025; not all drug use can be treated as requiring this license.
Investigate accredited education programs. A nuclear medicine certificate program following education in a related health field is one US pathway listed by BLS, but does not waive target state or employer requirements. Verify local Chinese role conditions separately.
O*NET shows that 100% face daily radiation exposure, 74% encounter disease or infections daily, and 55% wear specialized protective equipment daily. Meanwhile, 67% consider accuracy extremely important and 62% report extremely serious error consequences.
US employment was approximately 17,400 in 2025 and is projected to reach 18,200 in 2035. BLS detailed tables project growth of 4.4%, OOH rounds to 4%, and O*NET categorizes it as average (3%—4%). Average annual openings over 2025—2035 are projected at 800, including growth and replacement.
Retain education and clinical placement evaluations, certification and licensing records, dose and quality control records, contamination monitoring and waste handoff records, and training and health examination records.
No. Assessments are for self-exploration only and do not establish competence, practice qualifications or role authorization.
Use a fictional prescription to practice dose and patient preparation checks, and request feedback from qualified personnel, avoiding real radiopharmaceuticals.
Possible consequence：Possible consequences | Verification or dose errors may cause abnormal patient exposure and treatment deviations. Missing quality control may lead to misdiagnosis or repeat examinations. Improper contamination and waste handling may contaminate the environment and personnel. Excessive personal doses may cause occupational health harm and legal liability.
How to reduce risk：Verify identity, medical orders and labels under institutional policies, conduct applicable two-person review and document it
Evidence：Measures for the Administration of Radiopharmaceuticals (2024 revision) · O*NET nuclear medicine tasks
Typical scenario：Activity calculation, measurement or administration timing does not match the prescription
Roles most affected：Technologists responsible for dose calculations and records
Possible consequence：Reduced imaging quality or inaccurate treatment doses
How to reduce risk：Review activity and timing against prescriptions, and assess and document deviations under procedures
Evidence：Measures for the Administration of Radiopharmaceuticals (2024 revision) · NRC medical material authorization and task supervision
Typical scenario：Failing to perform scheduled quality control or continuing equipment use after a failure
Roles most affected：Technologists responsible for equipment operation and quality control
Possible consequence：May cause uninterpretable images, repeat examinations or delayed diagnosis, without inevitably causing misdiagnosis every time
How to reduce risk：Perform quality control at required intervals, document results, and stop use and request repairs upon failure
Evidence：Provisions on the Administration of Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment · O*NET nuclear medicine tasks
Typical scenario：No surface contamination monitoring or radioactive waste not handed over by category
Roles most affected：Roles handling radiopharmaceuticals and waste
Possible consequence：Environmental and personnel contamination and regulatory penalties
How to reduce risk：Monitor contamination, store and hand over materials by category according to procedures, and retain records
Evidence：Measures for Occupational Health Management of Radiation Workers · Measures for the Administration of Radiopharmaceuticals (2024 revision)
Typical scenario：Incorrect dosimeter use, missed scheduled monitoring or omitted protective equipment
Roles most affected：All radiation workers
Possible consequence：Increased occupational health and compliance risks; exceeding limits does not inevitably cause health harm
How to reduce risk：Wear dosimeters correctly, undergo scheduled monitoring and health examinations, and complete training
Evidence：Measures for Occupational Health Management of Radiation Workers · O*NET nuclear medicine tasks
Typical scenario：Independently adjusting doses, changing prescriptions or making diagnostic image interpretations
Roles most affected：All roles performing administration and imaging operations
Possible consequence：Unauthorized operations create patient safety and legal liability
How to reduce risk：Follow prescriptions and institutional authorization; refer matters beyond scope to physicians or medical physicists
Evidence：NRC medical material authorization and task supervision · Measures for the Administration of Radiopharmaceuticals (2024 revision)
Verify education, professional certification, applicable state licenses, radiation worker conditions, institutional licensing and role authorization separately. Certificates do not automatically confer equipment, prescribing or interpretation permissions.
| career.column.stage | career.column.task | career.column.boundary | career.column.evidence | career.column.next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised learning stage | Learn radiopharmaceuticals, dose calculations and equipment operation under guidance | Do not independently administer drugs or sign examination records | Operating records and trainer evaluations | Verify target jurisdiction qualifications, applicable licenses and employer authorization |
| Routine examination stage | Complete routine examinations under required supervision, medical orders and authorization conditions | Follow prescriptions and institutional authorization | Examination and quality control records | Undertake quantitative studies and specialized examinations |
| Complex and quantitative examination stage |
Demonstrates radionuclide, activity, timing and two-person review fields
Does not establish real drug administration or imaging competence
Demonstrates quality control items, intervals, results and suspension conditions
Does not replace real equipment quality control
Demonstrates surface contamination monitoring and waste disposal routes
Does not confer radioactive waste disposal authorization
Use a fictional patient to specify preparation, administration, imaging and departure checks.
Specify radionuclide, activity, units, administration time and reviewer.
Document equipment quality control results, imaging quality and limitations.
| career.column.scenario | career.column.action | career.column.review | career.column.evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient or drug identity does not match the prescription | Suspend administration and recheck identity and prescription | The nuclear medicine physician confirms the response | Verification records and suspension explanations |
| Activity or administration timing deviates | Document the deviation and assess its impact on imaging and dose | Review by a physician or medical physicist | Deviation records and review comments |
| career.column.state | career.column.proof | career.column.authority | career.column.condition | career.column.gap | career.column.owner | career.column.next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US nuclear medicine technology education, typically an associate degree | Educational foundation for entering certification and licensing pathways | Provided by accredited education programs | Verify specialty and clinical placement requirements | Education is not equivalent to licensure or role authorization | Education programs and employers |
Typical scope：Learn protection, pharmaceuticals and equipment operation under guidance
Readiness evidence：Operating records and trainer evaluations (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Current student or recent graduate status in an education program
Next moves：Verify certification, licensing and authorization required by the target state and employer
Typical scope：Complete routine administration, imaging and records within medical orders, applicable supervision and authorization
Readiness evidence：Examination and quality control records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Employer-required certification, applicable state licensure and role authorization
Next moves：Undertake quantitative and specialized examinations
Typical scope：Complete quantitative studies and specialized examinations and handle abnormalities
Readiness evidence：Study data and review comments (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Specialty training and institutional authorization
Next moves：Undertake teaching and quality control
Typical scope：Train new colleagues and participate in quality control and process improvement
Readiness evidence：Training and quality control records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Institutional appointment
Next moves：Participate in equipment selection and policy development
Typical scope：Learn cardiac imaging procedures and requirements for assisting stress tests
Readiness evidence：Operating records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Nuclear medicine technology education and certification
Next moves：Undertake routine cardiac imaging
Typical scope：Complete stress and rest imaging and process basic quantitative data
Readiness evidence：Examination and data processing records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Applicable licenses, specialty training and institutional authorization
Next moves：Undertake complex quantitative analysis
Typical scope：Complete quantitative cardiac function analysis and review data consistency
Readiness evidence：Analysis reports and review comments (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Specialty training
Typical scope：Learn PET and CT equipment operation and quality control essentials
Readiness evidence：Operating records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Education and equipment training
Next moves：Undertake routine PET examinations
Typical scope：Complete patient preparation, administration and PET image acquisition
Readiness evidence：Examination and quality control records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Applicable licenses, equipment training and institutional authorization
Next moves：Undertake complex and specialized cases
Typical scope：Verify special preparation and activity under medical orders, handle image artifacts, and refer prescription changes to physicians
Readiness evidence：Difficult case records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Specialty training and institutional authorization
Study radiation protection, radiopharmaceutical foundations and equipment operating standards in a supervised setting, assisting with patient preparation and records.
Complete routine examinations within applicable supervision, prescriptions and institutional authorization, verifying activity, timing and patient preparation.
Complete quantitative studies such as cardiac function and specialized examinations, handle common abnormalities and escalate matters beyond scope.
Train new colleagues, participate in quality control and process improvement, and take responsibility for protection and record quality in your role.
US employment change
Interpretation | Employment is relatively small but maintains average growth and annual openings, with demand related to population aging and diagnostic needs for cancer and heart disease. Equipment replacement and staffing arrangements may change workforce structures at specific institutions.
Does not establish：Limitations | Macroeconomic projections do not guarantee individual hiring. Industry distribution and outlook do not establish equipment types, license grades or role authorization at specific institutions.
Nationwide United States (exact occupation) · O*NET National Wages 29-2033.00（2025 BLS OEWS）
Median USD 101,370 / year; annual wage percentiles spanning USD 78,080—134,500
Occupational wage distribution (United States)
The page provides median and five percentile wage values for the exact occupation 29-2033.00.
Does not establish：OEWS excludes self-employment income. Wages include commissions, incentive pay and production bonuses, while excluding overtime premiums, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses, among other items. Performance bonuses cannot be categorically excluded, and the figures are not individual take-home income.
Mainland China (industry-section definition) · National Bureau of Statistics 2025 average wages of employees in urban units, health and social work industry section
Nonprivate units RMB 146,266 / year, private units RMB 75,631 / year (2025)
Chinese industry-section average wages (proxy)
The National Bureau of Statistics publishes average wages by industry section. This section covers various health technical positions without listing nuclear medicine technologists separately.
Does not establish：Industry-section averages do not list this occupation separately and exclude individually owned businesses and freelancers.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Patient monitoring and examination assistance
Build next：Requires cardiovascular examination and interventional technology training
View career profileTransfers：Specimen and testing process awareness
Build next：Requires laboratory medicine and laboratory operation training
View career profileTransfers：Imaging equipment operation and quality control
Build next：Requires MRI principles and magnetic field safety training
View career profileTransfers：Radiation protection and equipment operation
Build next：Requires treatment planning and positioning technique training
View career profileTransfers：Patient communication and imaging operation
Build next：Requires ultrasound anatomy and scanning technique training
View career profileTransfers：Department processes and quality management
Build next：Requires management and operations training
View career profileTransfers：Protection and dose management awareness
Build next：The target page covers occupational health and safety, broader than radiation protection; verify role-specific professional training and applicable qualifications separately
View career profileTransfers：Radiation physics and equipment quality control foundations
Build next：The target physicists covers physicists broadly and does not automatically confer medical physics qualifications; separately verify clinical medical physics education, training and certification
View career profileRadiologists prescribe, interpret images and make diagnostic and treatment decisions. Radiation therapists focus on delivering external-beam treatment, using different equipment and dosimetry systems. Medical physicists oversee quality assurance for equipment and dosimetry systems. This occupation centers on radiopharmaceutical preparation, administration, dose records and nuclear medicine imaging, without responsibility for diagnostic conclusions or prescribing decisions.
The available evidence does not support a replacement conclusion: O*NET provides no generative AI adoption rate for this occupation. Its Hot Technologies list includes only 6 employer-mentioned software products, all with percentages below 1% or unavailable. Some imaging and analysis software is regulated as medical devices and may assist annotation and quantitative measurement, but qualified personnel must still confirm administered activity, perform equipment quality control, monitor patients and complete records.
Appointment and patient preparation drafts, examination checklist verification, dose and timing record organization, report field completeness checks, follow-up reminders, and analysis assisted by regulated imaging software. Humans must still verify regulatory authorization status, patient preparation and equipment quality control conditions.
Calculating and confirming administered activity, deciding whether to administer drugs or suspend examinations, interpreting images and making diagnostic conclusions, and handling radioactive waste and contamination incidents. Observable verification includes consistent prescription and administration records, documented two-person review, quality control completed at required intervals, and complete traceable contamination and dose records.
The 2025 BLS OEWS data displayed by O*NET report a median annual wage of USD 101,370 and median hourly wage of USD 48.74 for the exact occupation 29-2033.00, with annual wage percentiles spanning USD 78,080—134,500. The survey excludes self-employment income and does not reflect night-shift, on-call or overtime allowances; it does not represent individual take-home income. Mainland China has not published a corresponding national occupational wage distribution; this page shows only 2025 health and social work industry-section averages as a reference.
O*NET places this occupation in Job Zone 3, with SVP 6.0 to <7.0. The education survey reports 63% associate or other two-year degrees, 22% bachelor's degrees and 6% postbaccalaureate certificates. US entry typically requires accredited nuclear medicine technology education, professional certification and state licensure. Actual requirements follow state regulators and employer announcements.
The United States typically requires state licensure and professional certification, such as NMTCB / ARRT pathways. Radioactive material use must be overseen by authorized users under NRC or Agreement State license conditions. Chinese radiation workers must hold a Radiation Worker Certificate, complete pre-work and regular training, and undergo personal dose monitoring and health examinations. Medical institutions using radiopharmaceuticals must hold the corresponding grade of Radiopharmaceutical Use License.
Use a fictional prescription and patient information to practice dose and preparation checks and assess whether you can accept radiation protection and two-person review constraints. Then verify the target region's education programs, certification and licensing requirements. The exercise does not authorize real drug administration or imaging and cannot replace education and training.
Consider interests, practical circumstances and job characteristics together. This occupation involves daily radiation and infection exposure, requires high accuracy and carries serious error consequences: O*NET reports 100% daily radiation exposure and 62% extremely serious error consequences. Employment maintains average growth and annual openings. Next, verify education program accreditation, licensing and certification pathways, and institutional role authorization scope.
Chinese and US data are presented separately and cannot be substituted for one another. AI scenarios are not evidence of actual adoption. Paper exercises do not authorize real drug administration, imaging or diagnosis.
Reviewed 2026-10-11; wages from 2025, employment projections for 2025—2035, pharmaceutical measures revised in 2024 and reform in 2025. See the author's report for source accessibility and shared protection conflicts.
This review checked O*NET tasks, interests and work contexts, 2025 OEWS wages and 2025—2035 BLS projections; Chinese NBS industry averages, health authority personnel and diagnosis and treatment rules, the 2024 pharmaceutical measures and 2025 licensing reform. US certification and licensing are bounded by OOH and target state requirements; material supervision was checked against the NRC Part35 FAQ. Protected historical sources remain separately retained and are not treated as current conclusions from this review.
Limitations：An official US occupational outlook resource; specific licensing and certification requirements follow current state and issuing-body rules.
Limitations：Macroeconomic projections, not an individual's hiring probability; the page provides no structural changes by detailed role and region.
Limitations：OEWS surveys wage and salary employees in establishments, excludes self-employment income and does not reflect night-shift, on-call or overtime allowances; it does not represent individual take-home income.
Limitations：A regulator page without itemized nuclear medicine devices; does not authorize clinical use of any device at a specific institution.
Limitations：The list establishes only authorization status, not availability, reimbursement eligibility or replacement of human interpretation at a particular institution.
Limitations：Average wages for an industry section, without separate figures for nuclear medicine technologists; the survey excludes individually owned businesses and freelancers.
Limitations：Clauses cited in public legal explanations by health authorities; consult the competent authority's current published text for the complete rules.
Limitations：Defines radiopharmaceutical use licensing and personnel training requirements; does not specify individual role operating permissions or replace institutional policies.
Limitations：Defines radiation worker training, dose monitoring and records management requirements; specific role operating permissions depend on institutions and licensing documents.
Limitations：A regulator entry page explaining licensing and authorized-user systems. Specific provisions follow current regulations and institutional licenses and do not establish Chinese requirements.
Limitations：The entry page does not list personnel qualification clauses individually. Specific training, dose limits and supervision requirements follow current regulations and licenses.
Limitations：US occupational scope; does not establish Chinese qualifications. The same page as source-pack-onet-details.
Limitations：Applies only to the listed O*NET occupation and US market; does not establish a Chinese mapping or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to the listed O*NET occupation and US market; contains no conclusions on Chinese qualifications or wages.
Limitations：Employer mentions do not establish proficiency, generative AI adoption rates or the extent of automation.
Limitations：Industry distribution does not establish equipment configurations, license grades or role authorization at specific institutions.
Limitations：The certification lookup does not confer practice permissions. Actual practice must also satisfy state licensing and employer authorization requirements.
Limitations：A program list is not equivalent to licensure, certification or institutional authorization.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Supports only the listed jurisdictions, statistical populations or provisions; does not confer individual income or operating permissions.
Limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
The evidence supports only scope-limited judgments within the specified markets, occupational definitions and periods. It does not establish individual income, hiring or practice authorization. Drug administration, imaging and dose records must be performed by qualified, role-authorized personnel within license conditions.
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| Escalate abnormalities and matters beyond scope |
| Study data and review comments |
| Undertake training and quality improvement |
| Training and quality stage | Train new colleagues and participate in quality control and process improvement | Take responsibility for procedures and training without relaxing protection requirements | Training records and quality control indicators | Participate in equipment selection and policy development |
|---|
| Specialty direction, such as cardiac or PET | Undertake specialty imaging and research projects | Verify specialty training, certifications and equipment authorization against target projects and employer requirements | Specialty examination volume and research outputs | Continue developing along institutional pathways |
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| Equipment fails quality control |
|---|
| Stop using the equipment and request repair and retesting |
| Confirmation by a medical physicist or equipment engineer |
| Quality control records and repair orders |
| Contamination or abnormal personnel exposure occurs | Isolate, monitor and report according to procedures | Handled by the radiation protection lead | Monitoring records and event reports |
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| Professional certification, such as NMTCB / ARRT pathways | Demonstrates nuclear medicine technology competence | Granted by the relevant certification body | Verify examination and continuing education requirements | Certification is not equivalent to state licensure | Certification body | Verify certification and maintenance requirements |
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| State practice license (United States) | A prerequisite for lawful practice in states and roles requiring this license | Granted by state regulators | Verify license categories and requirements | Requirements vary by state | State regulators | Verify license status and scope |
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| Radiation Worker Certificate (China) | A prerequisite for radiation work | Radiological diagnosis and treatment institutions apply to the health authority that issued their radiological diagnosis and treatment license | Verify training and health examination requirements | The certificate is not equivalent to practice qualifications | Health authorities and the employing organization | Verify application and training records |
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| Radiopharmaceutical Use License (China) | Institutional licensing conditions for medical institutions using compounded radiopharmaceutical preparations | Issued by provincial drug regulatory authorities | Verify Article Twenty-One of the 2024 revised measures; category one and two use licenses were canceled from 2025 | Licensing is institutional, not individual authorization | Drug regulators and the institution | Verify license grade and validity period |
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| Institutional role authorization | Determines equipment that may be operated and procedures that may be performed | Granted by employers according to role and license conditions | Verify job descriptions and training records | Authorization scope must not be extrapolated | Employer and department lead | Verify authorization documents and schedules |
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Next moves：Participate in research and process optimization
Typical scope：Oversee cardiac specialty procedures, training and quality control
Readiness evidence：Procedure documents and quality control indicators (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Institutional appointment
Next moves：Participate in multidisciplinary collaboration
Next moves：Participate in equipment acceptance and training
Typical scope：Oversee equipment quality control systems, training and process improvement
Readiness evidence：Quality control reports and training records (editorial recommendation, not a uniform employer assessment requirement)
Credential boundary：Institutional appointment
Next moves：Participate in imaging center development
