Civil Engineers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,212
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$22,098
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,772
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
$104,310
Kept after tax
$82,212
Worth in national money
$84,772
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for civil engineers is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $104,310, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 3.44% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, civil engineers ranks 53 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $104,310 you keep $82,212 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $84,772 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $114,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- For civil engineers, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $104,310, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 3.44% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, civil engineers sits 53 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $82,212 after the full tax stack, from $104,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $84,772 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $114,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Civil Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $160,820 |
| This salary | $104,310 |
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 | $82,212 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,212 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$170 |
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 | $104,310 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$235 |
| 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 $104,310. The published range is $77,480 up to $160,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $82,212 take-home in Nevada comes from $104,310. 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 53 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,772, the adjusted value of that $104,310 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 53 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for civil engineers in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,480 to $160,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $82,212, from $104,310, 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 53 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $84,772 — the adjusted value of that $104,310 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 53 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 $114,970 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $77,480 at the bottom tenth to $160,820 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 $84,772.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $82,212 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $114,970. 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 ($77,480) and the ninetieth ($160,820) 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 $84,772 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 $82,212 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.