Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,204
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,896
14.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,300
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
$41,100
Kept after tax
$35,204
Worth in national money
$36,300
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $41,100, ranking 28 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 387 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $41,100 the take-home is $35,204; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $36,300 would nationally. The average comes to $43,250, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters: a median of $41,100, ranking 28 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters occupies position 387 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters in Nevada, on $41,100, is $35,204 — equivalent to $36,300 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 $43,250 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $41,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,740 |
| This salary | $41,100 |
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 | $35,204 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $35,204 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$73 |
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 | $41,100 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$88 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $41,100 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $33,760 and the ninetieth is $57,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,204 take-home in Nevada comes from $41,100. 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 387 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,300 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 387.
- The Nevada median of $41,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $33,760 to $57,740. 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 $35,204, from $41,100, 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 387 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,300, worked from $41,100, 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 387 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $43,250, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,760 at the tenth percentile, $57,740 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,300.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $35,204 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $43,250. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,760 to $57,740) 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 $36,300 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 $35,204 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.