Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,613
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$16,367
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,750
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
$84,980
Kept after tax
$68,613
Worth in national money
$70,750
State rank
9
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $84,980, putting the state 9 of 45 — about 7.1% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 106 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,980 the take-home is $68,613; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,750 would nationally. The average lands at $82,800, below the middle of the range.
- For foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $84,980, ranking 9 of 45 and running about 7.1% 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.
- Within Nevada, foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ranks 106 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.
- Post-tax income for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, on $84,980, is $68,613 — equivalent to $70,750 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $82,800 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,630 |
| This salary | $84,980 |
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 | $68,613 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,613 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$142 |
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 | $84,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$196 |
| 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 foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Nevada earn under $84,980 and half over. The published range runs $64,710 at the tenth percentile to $107,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $68,613 take-home in Nevada comes from $84,980. 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 106 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $70,750 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 106.
- Figures are distribution medians for foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,710 to $107,630; 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 $68,613, from $84,980, 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 106 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $70,750, worked from $84,980, 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 106 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $64,710 at the tenth percentile, $107,630 at the ninetieth.
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 $70,750 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $68,613 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($64,710 to $107,630) 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 $70,750 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 $68,613 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.