Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,656
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$16,384
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,794
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
$85,040
Kept after tax
$68,656
Worth in national money
$70,794
State rank
20
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $85,040 at the midpoint, 20 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 105 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $85,040 you keep $68,656 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $70,794 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $89,550, since top earners drag the number up.
- For biological science teachers, postsecondary the Nevada median is $85,040, ranking 20 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Biological science teachers, postsecondary ranks 105 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 $68,656 after the full tax stack, from $85,040. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $70,794 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $89,550 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,880 |
| This salary | $85,040 |
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 | $68,656 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,656 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$142 |
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 | $85,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$196 |
| 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 $85,040. The published range is $64,630 up to $123,880, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $68,656 take-home in Nevada comes from $85,040. 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 105 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,794, the adjusted value of that $85,040 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 105 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,630 to $123,880. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $68,656, from $85,040, 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 105 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $70,794 — the adjusted value of that $85,040 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 105 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 $89,550, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $64,630 and the top tenth $123,880, 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 $70,794.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $68,656 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $89,550. 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 ($64,630 to $123,880) 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 $70,794 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 $68,656 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.