Credit Counselors in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,758
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$8,722
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,214
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
$55,480
Kept after tax
$46,758
Worth in national money
$48,214
State rank
17
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays credit counselors around $55,480 at the midpoint, 17 of 46 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 283.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $55,480 you keep $46,758, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $48,214 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $57,640, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For credit counselors the Nevada median is $55,480, ranking 17 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.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, credit counselors sits at 283 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for credit counselors on $55,480 is $46,758. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $48,214 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 $57,640 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Credit Counselors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,850 |
| This salary | $55,480 |
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 | $46,758 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,758 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$97 |
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 | $55,480 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$117 |
| 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 $55,480. The published range is $44,440 up to $75,850, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,758 take-home in Nevada comes from $55,480. 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 283 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,214, the adjusted value of that $55,480 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 283 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for credit counselors in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $44,440 to $75,850. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,758, from $55,480, 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 283 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 46 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $48,214 — the adjusted value of that $55,480 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 283 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 $57,640 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,440 and the top tenth $75,850, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $48,214.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $46,758 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 46 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 $57,640. 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 ($44,440 to $75,850) 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 $48,214 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 $46,758 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.