Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,256
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,794
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,350
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
$83,050
Kept after tax
$67,256
Worth in national money
$69,350
State rank
16
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 $83,050, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 1.01% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 110 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $83,050 you keep $67,256, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,350 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $89,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada's median for environmental scientists and specialists, including health is $83,050, about 1.01% above the national figure and 16 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, environmental scientists and specialists, including health ranks 110 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for environmental scientists and specialists, including health on $83,050 is $67,256. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,350 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 $89,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,740 |
| This salary | $83,050 |
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 | $67,256 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$139 |
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 | $83,050 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$192 |
| 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 $83,050. The published range is $57,570 up to $138,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $67,256, from $83,050, 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 110 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,350 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 110.
- Reported values are medians; for environmental scientists and specialists, including health in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,570 to $138,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $67,256 from $83,050. 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 110 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,350, worked from $83,050, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 110 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 $89,850, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $57,570, the highest tenth $138,740, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $69,350.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $67,256 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $89,850. 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 ($57,570) and the ninetieth ($138,740) 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 $69,350 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 $67,256 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.