Baggage Porters and Bellhops in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,813
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,067
13.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,804
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
$36,880
Kept after tax
$31,813
Worth in national money
$32,804
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays baggage porters and bellhops a middle wage of $36,880, ranking 13 of 48 states and sitting about 0.54% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 441 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,880 you keep $31,813, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,804 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $38,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada's median for baggage porters and bellhops is $36,880, about 0.54% above the national figure and 13 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 441 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for baggage porters and bellhops on $36,880 is $31,813. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,804 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 $38,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,770 |
| This salary | $36,880 |
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 | $31,813 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,813 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$66 |
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 | $36,880 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$80 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in Nevada earn under $36,880 and half over. The published range runs $26,610 at the tenth percentile to $48,770 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $31,813, from $36,880, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 441 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,804, the adjusted value of that $36,880 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 441 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,610 to $48,770; 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.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,813 from $36,880. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 441 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $32,804 — the adjusted value of that $36,880 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 441 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 $38,090, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $26,610 and the top tenth $48,770, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $32,804.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,813 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $38,090. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($26,610 to $48,770) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Nevada rather than a national figure.
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 $32,804 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 $31,813 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.