Food Processing Workers, All Other in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,381
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$3,739
12.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,203
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
$30,120
Kept after tax
$26,381
Worth in national money
$27,203
State rank
46
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for food processing workers, all other is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $30,120. That is 46 of 46 states, and about 24.09% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, food processing workers, all other lands at 472. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $30,120 you keep $26,381, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,203 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,600, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For food processing workers, all other, Nevada sits in the lower band at $30,120, ranking 46 of 46 and trailing the national median by about 24.09%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Nevada, this work ranks 472 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for food processing workers, all other on $30,120 is $26,381. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,203 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 $35,600 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,020 |
| This salary | $30,120 |
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 | $26,381 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,381 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$55 |
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 | $30,120 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$66 |
| 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 food processing workers, all other in Nevada earn under $30,120 and half over. The published range runs $29,580 at the tenth percentile to $47,020 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $26,381, worked from $30,120. 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 472 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,203, the adjusted value of that $30,120 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 472 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for food processing workers, all other in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,580 to $47,020; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $26,381, on $30,120 for work ranking 472 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 472 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $27,203 — the adjusted value of that $30,120 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 472 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 $35,600, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,580 at the tenth percentile, $47,020 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,203.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $26,381 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 $35,600. 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 ($29,580 to $47,020) 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 $27,203 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 $26,381 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.