Chemists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,933
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,237
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,986
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
$81,170
Kept after tax
$65,933
Worth in national money
$67,986
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for chemists. The middle earner takes $81,170, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 11.04% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Chemists ranks 125 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,170 you keep $65,933, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,986 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $86,700, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 38 of 51 for chemists, with a median of $81,170 — about 11.04% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 125 of 485 in Nevada places chemists 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for chemists on $81,170 is $65,933. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,986 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 $86,700 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Chemists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,800 |
| This salary | $81,170 |
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 | $65,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,933 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$136 |
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 | $81,170 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$188 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,170 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,220 and the ninetieth is $130,800 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $65,933 take-home in Nevada comes from $81,170. 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 125 of 485.
- Two cautions on $67,986, the adjusted value of that $81,170 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 125 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $81,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,220 to $130,800. 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 $65,933, from $81,170, 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 125 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 38 of 51 for it.
- This $67,986 adjusted figure, worked from $81,170, 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 125 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 125 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $86,700, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,220 and the top tenth $130,800 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,986 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,933 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $86,700. 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 ($49,220) and the ninetieth ($130,800) 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 $67,986 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 $65,933 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.