Crane and Tower Operators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,323
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$25,517
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,136
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
$115,840
Kept after tax
$90,323
Worth in national money
$93,136
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays crane and tower operators a middle wage of $115,840, ranking 2 of 50 states and sitting about 70.15% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, crane and tower operators comes in at 27 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,840 the take-home is $90,323; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $93,136 would nationally. The average lands at $108,410, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada's median for crane and tower operators is $115,840, about 70.15% above the national figure and 2 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Crane and tower operators ranks 27 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.
- Post-tax income for crane and tower operators in Nevada, on $115,840, is $90,323 — equivalent to $93,136 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 $108,410 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Crane and Tower Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,000 |
| This salary | $115,840 |
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 | $90,323 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,323 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$187 |
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 | $115,840 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$258 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $115,840 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,460 and the ninetieth is $135,000 — 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 $90,323, worked from $115,840. 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 27 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $93,136, the adjusted value of that $115,840 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 27 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $115,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,460 to $135,000. 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 $90,323, on $115,840 for work ranking 27 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 27 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $93,136 — the adjusted value of that $115,840 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 27 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 $108,410, 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 $61,460 and the top tenth $135,000, 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 $93,136 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $90,323 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $108,410. 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 ($61,460 to $135,000) 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 $93,136 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 $90,323 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.