Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,201
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,319
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,733
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
$58,520
Kept after tax
$49,201
Worth in national money
$50,733
State rank
20
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $58,520, ranking 20 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 263 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $58,520 the take-home is $49,201; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $50,733 would nationally. The average comes to $58,690, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for chemical equipment operators and tenders: a median of $58,520, ranking 20 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Chemical equipment operators and tenders ranks 263 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.
- Post-tax income for chemical equipment operators and tenders in Nevada, on $58,520, is $49,201 — equivalent to $50,733 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $58,690 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,290 |
| This salary | $58,520 |
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 | $49,201 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,201 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$102 |
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 | $58,520 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$123 |
| 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 $58,520. The published range is $44,840 up to $77,290, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,201 take-home in Nevada comes from $58,520. 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 263 of 485.
- Two cautions on $50,733, the adjusted value of that $58,520 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 263 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for chemical equipment operators and tenders in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,840 to $77,290. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,201, from $58,520, 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 263 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 47 for it.
- This $50,733 adjusted figure, worked from $58,520, 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 263 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 263 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,840 and the top tenth $77,290, 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 $50,733.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $49,201 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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($44,840 to $77,290) 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 $50,733 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 $49,201 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.