Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,440
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,600
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,135
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
$65,040
Kept after tax
$54,440
Worth in national money
$56,135
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $65,040 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 199 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,040 the take-home is $54,440; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,135 would nationally. The average comes to $65,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For elementary school teachers, except special education the Nevada median is $65,040, ranking 24 of 51 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.
- Elementary school teachers, except special education ranks 199 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for elementary school teachers, except special education in Nevada, on $65,040, is $54,440 — equivalent to $56,135 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 $65,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,670 |
| This salary | $65,040 |
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 | $54,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,440 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$113 |
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 | $65,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$136 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,040 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,560 and the ninetieth is $82,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $54,440, from $65,040, 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 199 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,135, the adjusted value of that $65,040 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 199 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $65,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,560 to $82,670. 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 $54,440 from $65,040. 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 199 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $56,135 — the adjusted value of that $65,040 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 199 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,560 and the top tenth $82,670, 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 $56,135 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $54,440 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,560 to $82,670) 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 $56,135 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 $54,440 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.