Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,981
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,309
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,257
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
$48,290
Kept after tax
$40,981
Worth in national money
$42,257
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $48,290. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 4.6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 328.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,290 you keep $40,981 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,257 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,090, since top earners drag the number up.
- For automotive service technicians and mechanics, Nevada sits in the lower band at $48,290, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, automotive service technicians and mechanics sits at 328 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $40,981 after the full tax stack, from $48,290. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,257 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,090 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,180 |
| This salary | $48,290 |
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 | $40,981 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$85 |
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 | $48,290 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$103 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of automotive service technicians and mechanics in Nevada earn under $48,290 and half over. The published range runs $33,500 at the tenth percentile to $81,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $40,981, worked from $48,290. 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 328 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,257 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 328.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive service technicians and mechanics in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,500 to $81,180; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Nevada take-home of $40,981, on $48,290 for work ranking 328 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 328 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,257, worked from $48,290, 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 328 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 $56,090 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $33,500, the highest tenth $81,180, 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 $42,257.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,981 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 $56,090. 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 ($33,500) and the ninetieth ($81,180) 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 $42,257 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 $40,981 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.