History Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,468
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,462
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,538
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
$81,930
Kept after tax
$66,468
Worth in national money
$68,538
State rank
20
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $81,930 at the midpoint, 20 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 119 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $81,930 you keep $66,468 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $68,538 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $83,350, since top earners drag the number up.
- For history teachers, postsecondary the Nevada median is $81,930, ranking 20 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- History teachers, postsecondary ranks 119 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 $66,468 after the full tax stack, from $81,930. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,538 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $83,350 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,960 |
| This salary | $81,930 |
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 | $66,468 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,468 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$138 |
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 | $81,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$190 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of history teachers, postsecondary in Nevada earn under $81,930 and half over. The published range runs $46,830 at the tenth percentile to $134,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $66,468, from $81,930, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 119 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,538, the adjusted value of that $81,930 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 119 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for history teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,830 to $134,960; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $66,468 from $81,930. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 119 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $68,538 — the adjusted value of that $81,930 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 119 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $46,830 at the bottom tenth to $134,960 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $68,538.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $66,468 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,830) and the ninetieth ($134,960) 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 $68,538 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 $66,468 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.