Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,418
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$27,242
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,358
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
$121,660
Kept after tax
$94,418
Worth in national money
$97,358
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $121,660, which ranks 8 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 5.64% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 23 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $121,660 you keep $94,418 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $97,358 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $126,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 8 of 45 states publishing a median for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, at $121,660 — about 5.64% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 23 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $94,418 after the full tax stack, from $121,660. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,358 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $126,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $121,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $181,260 |
| This salary | $121,660 |
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 | $94,418 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $94,418 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$195 |
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 | $121,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$274 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $121,660 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,390 and the ninetieth is $181,260 — 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 $94,418, worked from $121,660. 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 23 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,358, the adjusted value of that $121,660 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 23 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $121,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,390 to $181,260. 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 $94,418, on $121,660 for work ranking 23 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 23 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $97,358 — the adjusted value of that $121,660 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 23 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 $126,190 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 $80,390 at the bottom tenth to $181,260 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 $97,358 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $94,418 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 45 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 $126,190. 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 ($80,390) and the ninetieth ($181,260) 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 $97,358 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 $94,418 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.