Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,727
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$18,943
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,054
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
$93,670
Kept after tax
$74,727
Worth in national money
$77,054
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $93,670, which ranks 7 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 19.55% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 91 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $93,670 the take-home is $74,727; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $77,054 would nationally. The average lands at $93,640, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada ranks 7 of 49 states publishing a median for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other, at $93,670 — about 19.55% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Nevada, engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other ranks 91 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.
- Post-tax income for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Nevada, on $93,670, is $74,727 — equivalent to $77,054 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 $93,640 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,000 |
| This salary | $93,670 |
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 | $74,727 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$155 |
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 | $93,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$214 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $93,670. The published range is $66,440 up to $134,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $74,727, worked from $93,670. 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 91 of 485.
- Two cautions on $77,054, the adjusted value of that $93,670 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 91 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,440 to $134,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $74,727, on $93,670 for work ranking 91 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 91 of 485 in the state.
- This $77,054 adjusted figure, worked from $93,670, 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 91 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 91 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $66,440, the highest tenth $134,000, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $77,054 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $74,727 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,440) and the ninetieth ($134,000) 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 $77,054 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 $74,727 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.