Computer User Support Specialists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,679
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,191
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,194
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
$57,870
Kept after tax
$48,679
Worth in national money
$50,194
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $57,870. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 6.45% 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 268.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $57,870 you keep $48,679 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,194 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $61,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- For computer user support specialists, Nevada sits in the lower band at $57,870, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 6.45%. 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, computer user support specialists sits at 268 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $48,679 after the full tax stack, from $57,870. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,194 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $61,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,150 |
| This salary | $57,870 |
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 | $48,679 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,679 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$101 |
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 | $57,870 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $57,870. The published range is $40,150 up to $91,150, 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 $48,679, worked from $57,870. 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 268 of 485.
- Two cautions on $50,194, the adjusted value of that $57,870 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 268 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer user support specialists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,150 to $91,150. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $48,679, on $57,870 for work ranking 268 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 268 of 485 in the state.
- This $50,194 adjusted figure, worked from $57,870, 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 268 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 268 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 $61,790 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,150 at the bottom tenth to $91,150 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 $50,194 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $48,679 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $61,790. 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 ($40,150) and the ninetieth ($91,150) 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 $50,194 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 $48,679 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.
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.