Computer Network Architects in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$105,630
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$32,430
23.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,919
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
$138,060
Kept after tax
$105,630
Worth in national money
$108,919
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays computer network architects a middle wage of $138,060, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 2.99% above the national middle.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, computer network architects ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $138,060 you keep $105,630, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $108,919 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $132,760, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada's median for computer network architects is $138,060, about 2.99% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, computer network architects sits 12 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for computer network architects on $138,060 is $105,630. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $108,919 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 $132,760 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Network Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $138,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $164,880 |
| This salary | $138,060 |
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 | $105,630 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $105,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$219 |
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 | $138,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$311 |
| 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 computer network architects in Nevada earn under $138,060 and half over. The published range runs $83,830 at the tenth percentile to $164,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $105,630 take-home in Nevada comes from $138,060. 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 12 of 485.
- Two cautions on $108,919, the adjusted value of that $138,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 12 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for computer network architects in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,830 to $164,880; 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.
- Retained pay of $105,630, from $138,060, 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 12 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $108,919 adjusted figure, worked from $138,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 12 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 12 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 $132,760 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $83,830 at the tenth percentile, $164,880 at the ninetieth.
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 $108,919 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $105,630 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $132,760. 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 ($83,830 to $164,880) 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 $108,919 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 $105,630 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.