Cost Estimators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,658
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,542
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,733
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
$82,200
Kept after tax
$66,658
Worth in national money
$68,733
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays cost estimators a middle wage of $82,200, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 4.39% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 116 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $82,200 the take-home is $66,658; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $68,733 would nationally. The average comes to $88,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada's median for cost estimators is $82,200, about 4.39% above the national figure and 9 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.
- Within Nevada, cost estimators ranks 116 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for cost estimators in Nevada, on $82,200, is $66,658 — equivalent to $68,733 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $88,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cost Estimators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,350 |
| This salary | $82,200 |
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 | $66,658 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,658 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$138 |
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 | $82,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$191 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,200 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,200 and the ninetieth is $132,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $66,658 take-home in Nevada comes from $82,200. 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 116 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,733, the adjusted value of that $82,200 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 116 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $82,200 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,200 to $132,350. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $66,658, from $82,200, 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 116 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $68,733 — the adjusted value of that $82,200 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 116 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 $88,930 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,200, the highest tenth $132,350, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $68,733 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $66,658 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $88,930. 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 ($49,200) and the ninetieth ($132,350) 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 $68,733 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 $66,658 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.