English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,211
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$16,619
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,367
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
$85,830
Kept after tax
$69,211
Worth in national money
$71,367
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $85,830, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 8.98% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 102 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $85,830 you keep $69,211, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,367 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $81,100, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For english language and literature teachers, postsecondary, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $85,830, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 8.98% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, english language and literature teachers, postsecondary sits 102 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary on $85,830 is $69,211. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,367 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $81,100 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,540 |
| This salary | $85,830 |
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 | $69,211 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $69,211 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$143 |
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 | $85,830 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$198 |
| 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 english language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Nevada earn under $85,830 and half over. The published range runs $54,920 at the tenth percentile to $102,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $69,211 take-home in Nevada comes from $85,830. 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 102 of 485.
- Two cautions on $71,367, the adjusted value of that $85,830 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 102 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for english language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $54,920 to $102,540; 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 $69,211, from $85,830, 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 102 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 49 for it.
- This $71,367 adjusted figure, worked from $85,830, 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 102 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 102 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $81,100, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $54,920 at the tenth percentile, $102,540 at the ninetieth.
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 $71,367 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $69,211 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. 49 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 $81,100. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($54,920 to $102,540) 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 $71,367 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 $69,211 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.