Helpers--Carpenters in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,291
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$4,939
13.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,265
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
$36,230
Kept after tax
$31,291
Worth in national money
$32,265
State rank
39
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for helpers--carpenters is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $36,230. That is 39 of 47 states, and about 17.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, helpers--carpenters lands at 445. 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 $36,230 you keep $31,291, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,265 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For helpers--carpenters, Nevada sits in the lower band at $36,230, ranking 39 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 17.25%. 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 445 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 helpers--carpenters on $36,230 is $31,291. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,265 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 $36,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,440 |
| This salary | $36,230 |
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 | $31,291 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,291 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$65 |
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 | $36,230 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$78 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,230 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $26,800 and the ninetieth is $47,440 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $31,291 take-home in Nevada comes from $36,230. 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 445 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,265 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 445.
- The Nevada median of $36,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $26,800 to $47,440. 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 $31,291, from $36,230, 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 445 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 39 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,265, worked from $36,230, 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 445 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $26,800 at the bottom tenth to $47,440 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,265.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $31,291 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 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 ($26,800 to $47,440) 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 $32,265 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 $31,291 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.