Nuclear Monitoring Technicians build operations monitoring, judgment and decision making and instructing skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Nuclear Power Reactor Operators (91%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear Power Reactor Operators | 91% | $122,890 | — | None |
| 2 | Nuclear Medicine Technologists | 84% | $101,370 | — | None |
| 3 | Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | 83% | $61,560 | — | None |
| 4 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 77% | $106,730 | — | None |
| 5 | Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians | 77% | $59,920 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 6 | Non-Destructive Testing Specialists | 76% | $78,350Pay for the broader BLS group “Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other” | Not compared | None |
| 7 | Nuclear Engineers | 74% | $133,970 | — | Bachelor's degree |
| 8 | Chemical Plant and System Operators | 74% | $78,120 | — | None |
| 9 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists | 73% | $95,480 | — | None |
| 10 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | 73% | $115,160 | — | Bachelor's degree |
Compared with Nuclear Monitoring Technicians, median —. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
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91% skill match · $122,890
Operation and Control · Complex Problem Solving · Programming
84% skill match · $101,370
Equipment Selection · Repairing · Operations Analysis
83% skill match · $61,560
Operations Analysis · Systems Evaluation · Programming
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Nuclear Power Reactor Operators (91% skill match, median $122,890), Nuclear Medicine Technologists (84% skill match, median $101,370) and Occupational Health and Safety Technicians (83% skill match, median $61,560), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
None of the 25 closest matches pays more than nuclear monitoring technicians at the national median (BLS May 2025). Higher-paying moves usually need more training.
20 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.