Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,187
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$8,093
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,563
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
$52,280
Kept after tax
$44,187
Worth in national money
$45,563
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays drywall and ceiling tile installers around $52,280 at the midpoint, 26 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 293.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $52,280 the take-home is $44,187; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,563 would nationally. The average comes to $59,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For drywall and ceiling tile installers the Nevada median is $52,280, ranking 26 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, drywall and ceiling tile installers sits at 293 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for drywall and ceiling tile installers in Nevada, on $52,280, is $44,187 — equivalent to $45,563 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 $59,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,780 |
| This salary | $52,280 |
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 | $44,187 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,187 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$91 |
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 | $52,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$111 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,280 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,430 and the ninetieth is $101,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $44,187, worked from $52,280. 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 293 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,563, the adjusted value of that $52,280 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 293 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $52,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,430 to $101,780. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $44,187, on $52,280 for work ranking 293 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 293 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $45,563 — the adjusted value of that $52,280 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 293 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 $59,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,430 at the bottom tenth to $101,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $45,563 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $44,187 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $59,440. 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 ($41,430) and the ninetieth ($101,780) 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 $45,563 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 $44,187 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.