Broadcast Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,235
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$12,835
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,110
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
$73,070
Kept after tax
$60,235
Worth in national money
$62,110
State rank
7
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for broadcast technicians. The middle earner takes $73,070, which ranks 7 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 22.66% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Broadcast technicians ranks 165 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $73,070 you keep $60,235 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $62,110 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $69,990.
- Nevada ranks 7 of 47 states publishing a median for broadcast technicians, at $73,070 — about 22.66% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 165 of 485 in Nevada places broadcast technicians 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 $60,235 after the full tax stack, from $73,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $62,110 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,990 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Broadcast Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,610 |
| This salary | $73,070 |
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 | $60,235 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,235 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$125 |
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 | $73,070 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$172 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,070 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,330 and the ninetieth is $108,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $60,235 take-home in Nevada comes from $73,070. 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 165 of 485.
- Two cautions on $62,110, the adjusted value of that $73,070 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 165 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $73,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,330 to $108,610. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $60,235, from $73,070, 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 165 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 47 for it.
- This $62,110 adjusted figure, worked from $73,070, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 165 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 165 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 $69,990, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $31,330 at the bottom tenth to $108,610 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $62,110.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $60,235 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 47 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 $69,990. 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 ($31,330) and the ninetieth ($108,610) 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 $62,110 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 $60,235 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.