Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,486
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,634
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,059
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
$60,120
Kept after tax
$50,486
Worth in national money
$52,059
State rank
17
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,120, ranking 17 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 256 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,120 you keep $50,486 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,059 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $65,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare: a median of $60,120, ranking 17 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 256 of 485 in Nevada places education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $50,486 after the full tax stack, from $60,120. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,059 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,100 |
| This salary | $60,120 |
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 | $50,486 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$104 |
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 | $60,120 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$126 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,120 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,060 and the ninetieth is $103,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $50,486, from $60,120, 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 256 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,059, the adjusted value of that $60,120 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 256 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $60,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,060 to $103,100. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,486 from $60,120. 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 256 of 485 locally.
- This $52,059 adjusted figure, worked from $60,120, 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 256 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 256 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 $65,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,060 at the bottom tenth to $103,100 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 $52,059 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,486 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $65,530. 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 ($36,060) and the ninetieth ($103,100) 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 $52,059 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 $50,486 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.