Dishwashers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,238
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$4,682
13.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,180
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
$34,920
Kept after tax
$30,238
Worth in national money
$31,180
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for dishwashers. The middle earner takes $34,920, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 0.32% above the national middle.
- Within Nevada this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, dishwashers ranks 452. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $34,920 the take-home is $30,238; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,180 would nationally. The average comes to $36,410, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for dishwashers, at $34,920 — about 0.32% 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.
- Against every occupation Nevada reports, dishwashers ranks 452 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Post-tax income for dishwashers in Nevada, on $34,920, is $30,238 — equivalent to $31,180 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 $36,410 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $27,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,540 |
| This salary | $34,920 |
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 | $30,238 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$63 |
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 | $34,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$76 |
| 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 dishwashers in Nevada earn under $34,920 and half over. The published range runs $27,570 at the tenth percentile to $48,540 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 $30,238, worked from $34,920. 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 452 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $31,180, the adjusted value of that $34,920 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 452 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dishwashers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $27,570 to $48,540; 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 $30,238, on $34,920 for work ranking 452 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 452 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $31,180 — the adjusted value of that $34,920 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 452 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $36,410 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $27,570 and the top tenth $48,540, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $31,180 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $30,238 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $36,410. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($27,570 to $48,540) 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 $31,180 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 $30,238 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.