Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,651
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$4,049
12.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,512
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
$31,700
Kept after tax
$27,651
Worth in national money
$28,512
State rank
46
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $31,700, ranking 46 of 49 states — about 13.55% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 464 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $31,700 you keep $27,651, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $28,512 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,400, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 46 of 49 for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, with a median of $31,700 — about 13.55% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals occupies position 464 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals on $31,700 is $27,651. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $28,512 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 $35,400 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,700 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,040 |
| This salary | $31,700 |
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 | $27,651 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,651 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$57 |
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 | $31,700 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$69 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $31,700 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,530 and the ninetieth is $47,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $27,651, worked from $31,700. 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 464 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $28,512, the adjusted value of that $31,700 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 464 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $31,700 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,530 to $47,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $27,651, on $31,700 for work ranking 464 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 464 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $28,512 — the adjusted value of that $31,700 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 464 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 $35,400, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,530 and the top tenth $47,040, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $28,512.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $27,651 of this wage reaches your account, because Nevada takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $35,400. 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 ($28,530 to $47,040) 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 $28,512 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 $27,651 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.