Firefighters in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,662
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,908
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,395
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
$66,570
Kept after tax
$55,662
Worth in national money
$57,395
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays firefighters a middle wage of $66,570, ranking 14 of 50 states and sitting about 12.3% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Firefighters ranks 190 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $66,570 you keep $55,662 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,395 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $70,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for firefighters is $66,570, about 12.3% above the national figure and 14 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 190 of 485 in Nevada places firefighters in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $55,662 after the full tax stack, from $66,570. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,395 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $70,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Firefighters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,450 |
| This salary | $66,570 |
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 | $55,662 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,662 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$115 |
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 | $66,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$159 |
| 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 firefighters in Nevada earn under $66,570 and half over. The published range runs $47,600 at the tenth percentile to $101,450 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,662 take-home in Nevada comes from $66,570. 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 190 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,395, the adjusted value of that $66,570 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 190 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for firefighters in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,600 to $101,450; 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 $55,662, from $66,570, 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 190 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $57,395 — the adjusted value of that $66,570 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 190 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 $70,510, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,600 and the top tenth $101,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nevada is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $57,395 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $55,662 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $70,510. 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 ($47,600) and the ninetieth ($101,450) 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 $57,395 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 $55,662 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.