Biological Scientists, All Other in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,037
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,173
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,937
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
$74,210
Kept after tax
$61,037
Worth in national money
$62,937
State rank
47
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for biological scientists, all other is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $74,210. That is 47 of 50 states, and about 24.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Biological scientists, all other ranks 159 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $74,210 you keep $61,037 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,937 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $77,270, since top earners drag the number up.
- For biological scientists, all other, Nevada sits in the lower band at $74,210, ranking 47 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 24.98%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 159 of 485 in Nevada places biological scientists, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $61,037 after the full tax stack, from $74,210. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,937 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $77,270 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Biological Scientists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,020 |
| This salary | $74,210 |
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 | $61,037 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,037 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$126 |
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 | $74,210 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$174 |
| 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 biological scientists, all other in Nevada earn under $74,210 and half over. The published range runs $55,460 at the tenth percentile to $104,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,037 take-home in Nevada comes from $74,210. 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 159 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,937 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 159.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological scientists, all other in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,460 to $104,020; 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.
- Retained pay of $61,037, from $74,210, 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 159 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,937, worked from $74,210, 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 159 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 $77,270 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $55,460 and the top tenth $104,020, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $62,937 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $61,037 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $77,270. 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 ($55,460 to $104,020) 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 $62,937 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 $61,037 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.