Dental Hygienists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$89,937
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$25,353
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$92,737
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
$115,290
Kept after tax
$89,937
Worth in national money
$92,737
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays dental hygienists a middle wage of $115,290, ranking 6 of 50 states and sitting about 17.52% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, dental hygienists comes in at 28 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,290 the take-home is $89,937; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $92,737 would nationally. The average lands at $114,360, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada's median for dental hygienists is $115,290, about 17.52% above the national figure and 6 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Dental hygienists ranks 28 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.
- Post-tax income for dental hygienists in Nevada, on $115,290, is $89,937 — equivalent to $92,737 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $114,360 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $99,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,460 |
| This salary | $115,290 |
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 | $89,937 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $89,937 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$186 |
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 | $115,290 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$257 |
| 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 $115,290. The published range is $99,800 up to $129,460, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $89,937 take-home in Nevada comes from $115,290. 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 28 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $92,737, the adjusted value of that $115,290 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 28 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for dental hygienists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $99,800 to $129,460. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $89,937, from $115,290, 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 28 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $92,737 — the adjusted value of that $115,290 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 28 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $99,800 at the tenth percentile, $129,460 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 $92,737 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $89,937 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($99,800 to $129,460) 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 $92,737 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 $89,937 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.