Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,851
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$17,309
19.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,057
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
$88,160
Kept after tax
$70,851
Worth in national money
$73,057
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $88,160, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 12.75% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 99 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $88,160 you keep $70,851 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $73,057 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $91,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians is $88,160, about 12.75% above the national figure and 9 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Nevada, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 99 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $70,851 after the full tax stack, from $88,160. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,057 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $91,290 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $88,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,450 |
| This salary | $88,160 |
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 | $70,851 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,851 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$147 |
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 | $88,160 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$203 |
| 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Nevada earn under $88,160 and half over. The published range runs $50,660 at the tenth percentile to $130,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $70,851 take-home in Nevada comes from $88,160. 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 99 of 485.
- Two cautions on $73,057, the adjusted value of that $88,160 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 99 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,660 to $130,450; 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.
- Retained pay of $70,851, from $88,160, 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 99 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- This $73,057 adjusted figure, worked from $88,160, 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 99 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 99 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 $91,290, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $50,660 and the top tenth $130,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $73,057 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $70,851 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.
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 $91,290. 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 ($50,660) and the ninetieth ($130,450) 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 $73,057 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 $70,851 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.