Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,788
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,952
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,401
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
$61,740
Kept after tax
$51,788
Worth in national money
$53,401
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 32 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 229 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,740 you keep $51,788, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $53,401 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $61,480, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada ranks 32 of 51 for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary at $61,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Career/technical education teachers, postsecondary ranks 229 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary on $61,740 is $51,788. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $53,401 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 $61,480 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,230 |
| This salary | $61,740 |
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 | $51,788 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,788 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$107 |
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 | $61,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$130 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,740 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,430 and the ninetieth is $99,230 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,788 take-home in Nevada comes from $61,740. 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 229 of 485.
- Two cautions on $53,401, the adjusted value of that $61,740 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 229 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $61,740 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,430 to $99,230. 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 $51,788, from $61,740, 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 229 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- This $53,401 adjusted figure, worked from $61,740, 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 229 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 229 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,430, the highest tenth $99,230, 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 $53,401.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,788 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,430) and the ninetieth ($99,230) 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 $53,401 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 $51,788 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.