5. Georgia
IM Score: 38
Annual median wage: $126,610
Job growth: -2.3%
Cost of living index: 91.4
After New Mexico, Georgia offers the biggest wages to nuclear engineers in the entire nation. There will be a slight drop in the job growth rates in the future, but nothing serious. Georgia has two nuclear power plants.
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