Database Administrators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,983
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$23,687
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,660
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
$109,670
Kept after tax
$85,983
Worth in national money
$88,660
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays database administrators a middle wage of $109,670, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 4.83% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 39 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $109,670 you keep $85,983 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $88,660 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $109,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for database administrators is $109,670, about 4.83% above the national figure and 12 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Nevada, database administrators ranks 39 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $85,983 after the full tax stack, from $109,670. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $88,660 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $109,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Database Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $69,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $145,810 |
| This salary | $109,670 |
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 | $85,983 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,983 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$178 |
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 | $109,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$246 |
| 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 database administrators in Nevada earn under $109,670 and half over. The published range runs $69,330 at the tenth percentile to $145,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $85,983, from $109,670, 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 39 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 $88,660 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 39.
- Figures are distribution medians for database administrators in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $69,330 to $145,810; 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.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $85,983 from $109,670. 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 39 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,660, worked from $109,670, 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 39 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $69,330 at the tenth percentile, $145,810 at the ninetieth.
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 $88,660 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $85,983 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($69,330 to $145,810) 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 $88,660 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 $85,983 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.