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Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Salary in Chicago, IL

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Nuclear Monitoring Technicians in Chicago, IL have a median annual salary of $99,990, with 470 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $65,750 at the 10th percentile to $125,360 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$99,990

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$48.07

Employment

470

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$65,750
10th
$80,800
25th
$99,990
Median
$125,360
75th
$125,360
90th

Local compared with national

Chicago, IL

$99,990

Median annual · 2025

United States

$110,240

Median annual · 2025

The Chicago, IL median is 9.3% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $10,250).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 3.9
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.9
  3. 3.MonitoringImportance 3.9
  4. 4.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.8
  5. 5.Operations MonitoringImportance 3.8
  6. 6.SpeakingImportance 3.5
  7. 7.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.4
  8. 8.InstructingImportance 3.3
  9. 9.WritingImportance 3.1
  10. 10.MathematicsImportance 3.1
  11. 11.ScienceImportance 3.1
  12. 12.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.1

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • 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
  • RESRAD

Common 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.
  • Analyze samples, such as air or water samples, for contaminants or other elements.
  • Determine or recommend radioactive decontamination procedures, according to the size and nature of equipment and the degree of contamination.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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