Dentists, General in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$122,130
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$40,070
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$125,933
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
$162,200
Kept after tax
$122,130
Worth in national money
$125,933
State rank
36
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dentists, general is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $162,200. That is 36 of 47 states, and about 5.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, dentists, general comes in at 5 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $162,200 you keep $122,130 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $125,933 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $178,460, since top earners drag the number up.
- For dentists, general, Nevada sits in the lower band at $162,200, ranking 36 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 5.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Dentists, general ranks 5 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $122,130 after the full tax stack, from $162,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $125,933 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $178,460 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Dentists, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $99,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $162,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $262,350 |
| This salary | $162,200 |
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 | $122,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $122,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$253 |
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 | $162,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$359 |
| 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 $162,200. The published range is $99,600 up to $262,350, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $122,130, from $162,200, 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 5 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 $125,933 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 5.
- Reported values are medians; for dentists, general in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $99,600 to $262,350. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $122,130 from $162,200. 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 5 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $125,933, worked from $162,200, 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 5 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 $178,460, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $99,600, the highest tenth $262,350, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $125,933 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $122,130 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $178,460. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($99,600) and the ninetieth ($262,350) 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 $125,933 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 $122,130 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.