Community Health Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,566
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,164
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,078
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
$57,730
Kept after tax
$48,566
Worth in national money
$50,078
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for community health workers is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $57,730, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 11.34% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Community health workers ranks 269 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $57,730 you keep $48,566, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $50,078 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $63,550, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For community health workers, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,730, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 11.34% 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.
- Position 269 of 485 in Nevada places community health 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 community health workers on $57,730 is $48,566. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $50,078 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 $63,550 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Community Health Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $95,200 |
| This salary | $57,730 |
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 | $48,566 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,566 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$100 |
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 | $57,730 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$122 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,730 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,980 and the ninetieth is $95,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $48,566, from $57,730, 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 269 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 $50,078, the adjusted value of that $57,730 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 269 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $57,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,980 to $95,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,566 from $57,730. 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 269 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $50,078 — the adjusted value of that $57,730 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 269 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 $63,550, 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 $41,980 at the bottom tenth to $95,200 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 $50,078 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $48,566 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 $63,550. 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 ($41,980) and the ninetieth ($95,200) 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 $50,078 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 $48,566 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.