Vocational Programs for Nuclear Technicians Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
5K	$46.88	$97,520

The role of Nuclear Technicians is to assist nuclear physicists, nuclear engineers, or other scientists in laboratory, power generation, or electricity production activities The average annual wage of the occupations is $97,520 and $47 per hour. 5 vocational programs could be taken for the Nuclear Technicians career. Based on BLS data, a total of 5,400 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Nuclear Technicians Career

The following 5 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Nuclear Technicians.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Nuclear Technicians
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician	4	-	-	-	-
Industrial Radiologic Technology/Technician	9	-	-	-	-
Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician	2	-	-	-	-
Nuclear and Industrial Radiologic Technologies/Technicians (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician	4	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Nuclear Technicians

The following 18 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Nuclear Technicians. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.