Counter and Rental Clerks in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,629
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,511
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,676
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
$39,140
Kept after tax
$33,629
Worth in national money
$34,676
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for counter and rental clerks. The median is $39,140, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Nevada this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, counter and rental clerks ranks 412. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,140 you keep $33,629, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,676 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $42,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for counter and rental clerks: a median of $39,140, ranking 27 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Against every occupation Nevada reports, counter and rental clerks ranks 412 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for counter and rental clerks on $39,140 is $33,629. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,676 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 $42,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Counter and Rental Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,910 |
| This salary | $39,140 |
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 | $33,629 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,629 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$70 |
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 | $39,140 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$84 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,140 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $30,100 and the ninetieth is $57,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $33,629, from $39,140, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 412 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,676 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 412.
- The Nevada median of $39,140 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $30,100 to $57,910. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,629 from $39,140. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 412 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,676, worked from $39,140, 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 412 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $42,090, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,100 and the top tenth $57,910, 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 $34,676 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $33,629 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $42,090. 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 ($30,100 to $57,910) 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 $34,676 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 $33,629 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.