Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,436
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,464
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,477
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
$38,900
Kept after tax
$33,436
Worth in national money
$34,477
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks a middle wage of $38,900, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 10.92% above the national middle.
- Within Nevada this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 414. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,900 you keep $33,436, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $34,477 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $38,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada's median for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks is $38,900, about 10.92% above the national figure and 7 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.
- Against every occupation Nevada reports, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ranks 414 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks on $38,900 is $33,436. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $34,477 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 $38,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,860 |
| This salary | $38,900 |
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 | $33,436 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,436 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$69 |
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 | $38,900 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$84 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $38,900. The published range is $29,110 up to $49,860, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $33,436, from $38,900, 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 414 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,477 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 414.
- Reported values are medians; for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,110 to $49,860. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,436 from $38,900. 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 414 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,477, worked from $38,900, 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 414 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $29,110 and the top tenth $49,860, 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 $34,477 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $33,436 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,110 to $49,860) 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 $34,477 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 $33,436 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.