Computer Programmers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,678
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$18,922
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,003
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
$93,600
Kept after tax
$74,678
Worth in national money
$77,003
State rank
25
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays computer programmers around $93,600 at the midpoint, 25 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, computer programmers comes in at 92 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $93,600 you keep $74,678, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $77,003 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $102,130, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For computer programmers the Nevada median is $93,600, ranking 25 of 46 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Computer programmers ranks 92 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for computer programmers on $93,600 is $74,678. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $77,003 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 $102,130 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer Programmers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,910 |
| This salary | $93,600 |
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 | $74,678 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,678 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$155 |
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 | $93,600 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$213 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $93,600 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $68,400 and the ninetieth is $131,910 — 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 $74,678, worked from $93,600. 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 92 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,003 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 92.
- The Nevada median of $93,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $68,400 to $131,910. 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 $74,678, on $93,600 for work ranking 92 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 92 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,003, worked from $93,600, 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 92 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 $102,130, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $68,400 and the top tenth $131,910, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nevada is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $77,003 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $74,678 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $102,130. 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 ($68,400 to $131,910) 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 $77,003 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 $74,678 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.