Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,284
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$21,286
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,785
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
$101,570
Kept after tax
$80,284
Worth in national money
$82,785
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $101,570, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 2.31% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 63 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $101,570 you keep $80,284, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,785 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $110,250, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For architects, except landscape and naval, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $101,570, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 2.31% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Nevada, architects, except landscape and naval ranks 63 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for architects, except landscape and naval on $101,570 is $80,284. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,785 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $110,250 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $101,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,080 |
| This salary | $101,570 |
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 | $80,284 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,284 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$166 |
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 | $101,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$229 |
| 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 $101,570. The published range is $64,590 up to $161,080, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $80,284 take-home in Nevada comes from $101,570. 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 63 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,785, the adjusted value of that $101,570 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 63 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for architects, except landscape and naval in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,590 to $161,080. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $80,284, from $101,570, 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 63 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $82,785 — the adjusted value of that $101,570 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 63 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $110,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $64,590, the highest tenth $161,080, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $82,785.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,284 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $110,250. 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 ($64,590) and the ninetieth ($161,080) 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 $82,785 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 $80,284 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.