Industrial Engineers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,650
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$21,440
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$83,162
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
$102,090
Kept after tax
$80,650
Worth in national money
$83,162
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 26 of 51 states for industrial engineers, with a middle wage of $102,090. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial engineers ranks 60 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $102,090 you keep $80,650, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $83,162 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $100,500, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada ranks 26 of 51 for industrial engineers at $102,090. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, industrial engineers sits 60 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for industrial engineers on $102,090 is $80,650. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $83,162 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 $100,500 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,350 |
| This salary | $102,090 |
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 | $80,650 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,650 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$167 |
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 | $102,090 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$231 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $102,090 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $63,200 and the ninetieth is $130,350 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $80,650 take-home in Nevada comes from $102,090. 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 60 of 485.
- Two cautions on $83,162, the adjusted value of that $102,090 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 60 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $102,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $63,200 to $130,350. 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 $80,650, from $102,090, 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 60 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- This $83,162 adjusted figure, worked from $102,090, 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 60 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 60 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $63,200 and the top tenth $130,350, 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 $83,162 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $80,650 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?
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 ($63,200 to $130,350) 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 $83,162 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 $80,650 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.