Healthcare Social Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,034
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,436
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,028
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
$78,470
Kept after tax
$64,034
Worth in national money
$66,028
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays healthcare social workers a middle wage of $78,470, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 15.6% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 137 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,470 the take-home is $64,034; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,028 would nationally. The average lands at $78,240, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada's median for healthcare social workers is $78,470, about 15.6% above the national figure and 9 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Healthcare social workers ranks 137 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for healthcare social workers in Nevada, on $78,470, is $64,034 — equivalent to $66,028 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 $78,240 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,380 |
| This salary | $78,470 |
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 | $64,034 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,034 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$133 |
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 | $78,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$183 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $78,470 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,890 and the ninetieth is $101,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,034 take-home in Nevada comes from $78,470. 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 137 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,028 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 137.
- The Nevada median of $78,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,890 to $101,380. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $64,034, from $78,470, 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 137 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,028, worked from $78,470, 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 137 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $51,890 and the top tenth $101,380, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $66,028 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $64,034 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($51,890 to $101,380) 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 $66,028 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 $64,034 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.