Curators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,005
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$11,895
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,811
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
$69,900
Kept after tax
$58,005
Worth in national money
$59,811
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for curators is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $69,900, putting the state 12 of 49 — about 10.22% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 177.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $69,900 you keep $58,005 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $59,811 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $69,380.
- For curators, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $69,900, ranking 12 of 49 and running about 10.22% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, curators sits at 177 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 $58,005 after the full tax stack, from $69,900. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $59,811 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,380 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Curators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,850 |
| This salary | $69,900 |
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 | $58,005 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,005 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$120 |
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 | $69,900 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$166 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of curators in Nevada earn under $69,900 and half over. The published range runs $43,010 at the tenth percentile to $96,850 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $58,005 take-home in Nevada comes from $69,900. 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 177 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $59,811, the adjusted value of that $69,900 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 177 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for curators in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,010 to $96,850; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $58,005, from $69,900, 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 177 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $59,811 — the adjusted value of that $69,900 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 177 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,010 at the bottom tenth to $96,850 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $59,811 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $58,005 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,010) and the ninetieth ($96,850) 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 $59,811 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 $58,005 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.