Clinical and Counseling Psychologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,044
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$21,606
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,568
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
$102,650
Kept after tax
$81,044
Worth in national money
$83,568
State rank
18
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 18 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $102,650. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 59 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $102,650 you keep $81,044 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $83,568 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $114,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 18 of 48 for clinical and counseling psychologists at $102,650. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, clinical and counseling psychologists sits 59 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 $81,044 after the full tax stack, from $102,650. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $83,568 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $114,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $150,840 |
| This salary | $102,650 |
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 | $81,044 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,044 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$168 |
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 | $102,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$232 |
| 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 $102,650. The published range is $77,700 up to $150,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $81,044, from $102,650, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 59 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $83,568, the adjusted value of that $102,650 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 59 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for clinical and counseling psychologists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $77,700 to $150,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,044 from $102,650. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 59 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $83,568 — the adjusted value of that $102,650 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 59 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 $114,680, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $77,700 at the tenth percentile, $150,840 at the ninetieth.
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 $83,568.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $81,044 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $114,680. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($77,700 to $150,840) 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 $83,568 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 $81,044 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.