Administrative Services Managers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,211
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$19,569
20.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,584
Nevada costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nevada — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$95,780
Kept after tax
$76,211
Worth in national money
$78,584
State rank
45
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $95,780, ranking 45 of 50 states — about 16.08% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 84 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $95,780 you keep $76,211 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $78,584 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $108,340, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 45 of 50 for administrative services managers, with a median of $95,780 — about 16.08% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Administrative services managers ranks 84 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $76,211 after the full tax stack, from $95,780. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $78,584 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $108,340 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $156,110 |
| This salary | $95,780 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Nevada | $76,211 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,211 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$158 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $95,780 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$218 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $95,780. The published range is $55,570 up to $156,110, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $76,211 take-home in Nevada comes from $95,780. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 84 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $78,584 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 84.
- Reported values are medians; for administrative services managers in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,570 to $156,110. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $76,211, from $95,780, assumes a single Nevada filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 84 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $78,584, worked from $95,780, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 84 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $108,340 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $55,570 at the bottom tenth to $156,110 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nevada is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $78,584 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $76,211 of this wage reaches your account, because Nevada takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nevada is $108,340. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($55,570) and the ninetieth ($156,110) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Nevada's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $78,584 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Nevada levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $76,211 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.