Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,034
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,566
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,343
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
$49,600
Kept after tax
$42,034
Worth in national money
$43,343
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $49,600. That is 34 of 49 states, and about 12.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 314.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,600 the take-home is $42,034; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,343 would nationally. The average comes to $52,150, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For community and social service specialists, all other, Nevada sits in the lower band at $49,600, ranking 34 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 12.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, community and social service specialists, all other sits at 314 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.
- Post-tax income for community and social service specialists, all other in Nevada, on $49,600, is $42,034 — equivalent to $43,343 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $52,150 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,940 |
| This salary | $49,600 |
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 | $42,034 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$87 |
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 | $49,600 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$105 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,600 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,750 and the ninetieth is $77,940 — 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 $42,034, worked from $49,600. 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 314 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,343 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 314.
- The Nevada median of $49,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,750 to $77,940. 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 $42,034, on $49,600 for work ranking 314 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 314 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,343, worked from $49,600, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 314 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $52,150, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $34,750 at the bottom tenth to $77,940 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $43,343 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $42,034 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $52,150. 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 ($34,750) and the ninetieth ($77,940) 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 $43,343 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 $42,034 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.