Architectural and Engineering Managers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$121,692
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$39,868
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$125,482
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
$161,560
Kept after tax
$121,692
Worth in national money
$125,482
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $161,560, ranking 32 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 6 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $161,560 you keep $121,692 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $125,482 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $170,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for architectural and engineering managers: a median of $161,560, ranking 32 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Nevada, architectural and engineering managers ranks 6 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $121,692 after the full tax stack, from $161,560. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $125,482 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $170,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Architectural and Engineering Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $108,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $161,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $228,590 |
| This salary | $161,560 |
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 | $121,692 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $121,692 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$252 |
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 | $161,560 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$358 |
| 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 $161,560. The published range is $108,300 up to $228,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $121,692, worked from $161,560. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 6 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $125,482 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 6.
- Reported values are medians; for architectural and engineering managers in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $108,300 to $228,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $121,692, on $161,560 for work ranking 6 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 6 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $125,482, worked from $161,560, 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 6 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $170,190, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $108,300, the highest tenth $228,590, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $125,482 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $121,692 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $170,190. 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 ($108,300) and the ninetieth ($228,590) 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 $125,482 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 $121,692 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.