Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,352
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$19,628
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,730
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
$95,980
Kept after tax
$76,352
Worth in national money
$78,730
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $95,980, ranking 26 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 83 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $95,980 you keep $76,352, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $78,730 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $98,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for diagnostic medical sonographers: a median of $95,980, ranking 26 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Diagnostic medical sonographers ranks 83 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 diagnostic medical sonographers on $95,980 is $76,352. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $78,730 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 $98,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,250 |
| This salary | $95,980 |
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 | $76,352 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,352 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$158 |
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 | $95,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$218 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $95,980 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,960 and the ninetieth is $133,250 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $76,352 take-home in Nevada comes from $95,980. 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 83 of 485.
- Two cautions on $78,730, the adjusted value of that $95,980 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 83 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $95,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,960 to $133,250. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $76,352, from $95,980, 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 83 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- This $78,730 adjusted figure, worked from $95,980, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 83 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 83 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $74,960 at the tenth percentile, $133,250 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 $78,730 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $76,352 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($74,960 to $133,250) 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 $78,730 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 $76,352 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.