Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,225
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$3,945
12.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,073
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
$31,170
Kept after tax
$27,225
Worth in national money
$28,073
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $31,170, ranking 18 of 51 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: 466 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $31,170 the take-home is $27,225; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $28,073 would nationally. The average comes to $35,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop: a median of $31,170, ranking 18 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop occupies position 466 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 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Nevada, on $31,170, is $27,225 — equivalent to $28,073 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 $35,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,810 |
| This salary | $31,170 |
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 | $27,225 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$56 |
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 | $31,170 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$68 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $31,170 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,150 and the ninetieth is $48,810 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $27,225 take-home in Nevada comes from $31,170. 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 466 of 485.
- Two cautions on $28,073, the adjusted value of that $31,170 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 466 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $31,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,150 to $48,810. 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 $27,225, from $31,170, 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 466 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- This $28,073 adjusted figure, worked from $31,170, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 466 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 466 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $35,010, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $25,150 and the top tenth $48,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $28,073 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $27,225 of this wage reaches your account, because Nevada takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $35,010. 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 ($25,150) and the ninetieth ($48,810) 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 $28,073 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 $27,225 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.