Database Architects in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$107,093
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$33,107
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,428
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
$140,200
Kept after tax
$107,093
Worth in national money
$110,428
State rank
13
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for database architects. The middle earner takes $140,200, which ranks 13 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 0.5% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, database architects comes in at 10 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $140,200 you keep $107,093, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $110,428 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $143,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 13 of 46 states publishing a median for database architects, at $140,200 — about 0.5% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Database architects ranks 10 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for database architects on $140,200 is $107,093. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $110,428 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 $143,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Database Architects
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $140,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $200,190 |
| This salary | $140,200 |
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 | $107,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $107,093 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$222 |
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 | $140,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$315 |
| 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 architects in Nevada earn under $140,200 and half over. The published range runs $72,500 at the tenth percentile to $200,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $107,093, worked from $140,200. 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 10 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $110,428, the adjusted value of that $140,200 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 10 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for database architects in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,500 to $200,190; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $107,093, on $140,200 for work ranking 10 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 10 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $110,428 — the adjusted value of that $140,200 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 10 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $72,500 at the bottom tenth to $200,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $110,428.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $107,093 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. 46 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 ($72,500) and the ninetieth ($200,190) 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 $110,428 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 $107,093 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.