Nuclear medicine technologists’ employment rate is predicted to grow 2 percent from 2014 to 2024, this is apparently slower than the average for all occupations. People are always going to need nuclear medicine technologists to scan them for a condition or disease they develop as they get older. Also, an increase in health insurance access may increase the demand for medical imaging services, including those provided by nuclear medicine technologists. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2016 the median annual wage for nuclear medicine technologists was $74,350. Approximately 69 percent of nuclear medicine technologists work in hospitals. Others may work in a physicians’ office (20 percent), diagnostic laboratories (6 percent),
