Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,108
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,362
14.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,264
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
$43,470
Kept after tax
$37,108
Worth in national money
$38,264
State rank
39
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $43,470, 39 of 47 states and about 6.66% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Nevada this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 382. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $43,470 you keep $37,108 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $38,264 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's $43,470 median for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders places it 39 of 47 states, about 6.66% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Nevada reports, cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ranks 382 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $37,108 after the full tax stack, from $43,470. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $38,264 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,930 |
| This salary | $43,470 |
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 | $37,108 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,108 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$77 |
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 | $43,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$93 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $43,470 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,560 and the ninetieth is $58,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $37,108, from $43,470, 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 382 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 $38,264 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 382.
- The Nevada median of $43,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,560 to $58,930. 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 $37,108 from $43,470. 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 382 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $38,264, worked from $43,470, 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 382 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $46,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,560 at the bottom tenth to $58,930 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $38,264.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,108 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 47 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 $46,260. 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 ($35,560 to $58,930) 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 $38,264 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 $37,108 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.