Science
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Collect and test samples to monitor results of nuclear experiments and contamination of humans, facilities, and environment.
Median salary (BLS)
$110,240
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$73k – $134k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 2 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $119,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Entry / Junior
$73,150
~2 yrs to advance
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Established
$110,240
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
Senior
$121,920
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Science
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- California Institute of Technology3% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.