Editors in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,841
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$12,669
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,704
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
$72,510
Kept after tax
$59,841
Worth in national money
$61,704
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 17 of 50 states for editors, with a middle wage of $72,510. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Editors ranks 168 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $72,510 the take-home is $59,841; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $61,704 would nationally. The average comes to $73,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 17 of 50 for editors at $72,510. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 168 of 485 in Nevada places editors in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for editors in Nevada, on $72,510, is $59,841 — equivalent to $61,704 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 $73,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $104,370 |
| This salary | $72,510 |
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 | $59,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,841 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$124 |
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 | $72,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$171 |
| 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 editors in Nevada earn under $72,510 and half over. The published range runs $42,520 at the tenth percentile to $104,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $59,841, from $72,510, 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 168 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $61,704, the adjusted value of that $72,510 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 168 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for editors in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,520 to $104,370; 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.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,841 from $72,510. 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 168 of 485 locally.
- This $61,704 adjusted figure, worked from $72,510, 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 168 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 168 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $42,520 and the top tenth $104,370 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $61,704.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $59,841 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 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,520) and the ninetieth ($104,370) 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 $61,704 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 $59,841 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.