Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Career, Salary and Skills
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $110,240 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 6,470. Wage data is published for 22 locations.
Occupation description
Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.
O*NET code
19-4051.02
Job zone
3
Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$110,240
Hourly median
$53.00
Employment
6,470
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$73,150
10th
$99,110
25th
$110,240
Median
$123,990
75th
$133,600
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.88 | 4.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.75 | 4.00 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.75 | 3.62 |
| Speaking | 3.50 | 3.38 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.38 | 3.38 |
| Instructing | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Science | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.12 | 3.25 |
Typical tasks
- Brief workers on radiation levels in work areas.
- Calculate safe radiation exposure times for personnel using plant contamination readings and prescribed safe levels of radiation.
- Monitor personnel to determine the amounts and intensities of radiation exposure.
- Inform supervisors when individual exposures or area radiation levels approach maximum permissible limits.
- Provide initial response to abnormal events or to alarms from radiation monitoring equipment.
- Determine intensities and types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments.
- Instruct personnel in radiation safety procedures and demonstrate use of protective clothing and equipment.
- Collect samples of air, water, gases, or solids to determine radioactivity levels of contamination.
Technology
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- Connectivity software
- Gamma waste assay system GWAS
- Google Compute Engine (GCE)
- Microsoft Azure software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Microsoft Word
- Oracle Java
- Radiological assessment display and control system RADACS
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in ILMedian $110,390 · Employment 780
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in SCMedian $108,490 · Employment 750
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in VAMedian $98,930 · Employment 680
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $99,990 · Employment 470
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in NCMedian $110,430 · Employment 420
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in PAMedian $124,070 · Employment 310
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in ALMedian $110,240 · Employment 280
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in Augusta, GAMedian $108,210 · Employment 260
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in NYMedian $129,780 · Employment 260
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in MOMedian $104,580 · Employment 150
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in TXMedian $124,060 · Employment 110
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in TNMedian $91,980 · Employment 110
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.