Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,679
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,991
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,915
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
$46,670
Kept after tax
$39,679
Worth in national money
$40,915
State rank
44
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $46,670, ranking 44 of 48 states — about 7.93% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 352 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,670 you keep $39,679 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,915 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,850, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 44 of 48 for computer numerically controlled tool operators, with a median of $46,670 — about 7.93% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Computer numerically controlled tool operators ranks 352 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $39,679 after the full tax stack, from $46,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,915 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,850 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,270 |
| This salary | $46,670 |
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 | $39,679 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,679 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$82 |
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 | $46,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$99 |
| 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 $46,670. The published range is $36,500 up to $68,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $39,679, worked from $46,670. 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 352 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,915, the adjusted value of that $46,670 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 352 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer numerically controlled tool operators in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,500 to $68,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $39,679, on $46,670 for work ranking 352 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 352 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $40,915 — the adjusted value of that $46,670 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 352 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 $49,850 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,500 and the top tenth $68,270, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,915 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,679 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $49,850. 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 ($36,500 to $68,270) 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 $40,915 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 $39,679 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.