Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,459
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,351
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,373
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
$74,810
Kept after tax
$61,459
Worth in national money
$63,373
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $74,810, ranking 6 of 50 states and sitting about 15.18% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 156.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,810 you keep $61,459, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,373 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $73,740, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada's median for civil engineering technologists and technicians is $74,810, about 15.18% above the national figure and 6 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, civil engineering technologists and technicians sits at 156 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for civil engineering technologists and technicians on $74,810 is $61,459. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,373 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 $73,740 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,360 |
| This salary | $74,810 |
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 | $61,459 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,459 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$127 |
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 | $74,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$176 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of civil engineering technologists and technicians in Nevada earn under $74,810 and half over. The published range runs $44,200 at the tenth percentile to $103,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $61,459, worked from $74,810. 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 156 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,373, the adjusted value of that $74,810 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 156 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,200 to $103,360; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Nevada take-home of $61,459, on $74,810 for work ranking 156 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 156 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $63,373 — the adjusted value of that $74,810 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 156 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $44,200 at the bottom tenth to $103,360 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 $63,373.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $61,459 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($44,200) and the ninetieth ($103,360) 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 $63,373 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 $61,459 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.