Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,103
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$20,787
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,566
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
$99,890
Kept after tax
$79,103
Worth in national money
$81,566
State rank
13
of 50 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 $99,890, ranking 13 of 50 states and sitting about 1.99% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 69 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,890 the take-home is $79,103; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $81,566 would nationally. The average comes to $106,850, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada's median for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers is $99,890, about 1.99% above the national figure and 13 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.
- Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ranks 69 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in Nevada, on $99,890, is $79,103 — equivalent to $81,566 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 $106,850 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $154,960 |
| This salary | $99,890 |
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 | $79,103 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,103 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$164 |
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 | $99,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$226 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $99,890 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $71,240 and the ninetieth is $154,960 — 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 $79,103, worked from $99,890. 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 69 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,566, the adjusted value of that $99,890 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 69 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $99,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $71,240 to $154,960. 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 $79,103, on $99,890 for work ranking 69 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 69 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $81,566 — the adjusted value of that $99,890 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 69 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $106,850 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $71,240 at the bottom tenth to $154,960 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $81,566 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $79,103 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $106,850. 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 ($71,240) and the ninetieth ($154,960) 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 $81,566 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 $79,103 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.