Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,258
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,822
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,854
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
$61,080
Kept after tax
$51,258
Worth in national money
$52,854
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $61,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 242 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $61,080 you keep $51,258, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,854 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,930, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 21 of 51 for child, family, and school social workers at $61,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 242 of 485 in Nevada places child, family, and school social workers 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 child, family, and school social workers on $61,080 is $51,258. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,854 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 $65,930 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Child, Family, and School Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,010 |
| This salary | $61,080 |
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 | $51,258 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,258 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$106 |
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 | $61,080 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$128 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,080 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,960 and the ninetieth is $98,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $51,258, worked from $61,080. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 242 of 485.
- Two cautions on $52,854, the adjusted value of that $61,080 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 242 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $61,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,960 to $98,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $51,258, on $61,080 for work ranking 242 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 242 of 485 in the state.
- This $52,854 adjusted figure, worked from $61,080, 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 242 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 242 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 $65,930 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $45,960 and the top tenth $98,010 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,854 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,258 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.
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.
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 $65,930. 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 ($45,960) and the ninetieth ($98,010) 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 $52,854 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 $51,258 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.