Information Security Analysts in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$83,542
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$22,658
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,143
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
$106,200
Kept after tax
$83,542
Worth in national money
$86,143
State rank
33
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $106,200. That is 33 of 48 states, and about 17.79% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 49 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $106,200 you keep $83,542 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $86,143 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $119,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information security analysts, Nevada sits in the lower band at $106,200, ranking 33 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 17.79%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Information security analysts ranks 49 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 $83,542 after the full tax stack, from $106,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $86,143 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $119,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $106,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,990 |
| This salary | $106,200 |
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 | $83,542 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $83,542 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$173 |
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 | $106,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$239 |
| 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 information security analysts in Nevada earn under $106,200 and half over. The published range runs $57,160 at the tenth percentile to $178,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $83,542, worked from $106,200. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 49 of 485.
- Two cautions on $86,143, the adjusted value of that $106,200 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 49 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,160 to $178,990; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $83,542, on $106,200 for work ranking 49 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 49 of 485 in the state.
- This $86,143 adjusted figure, worked from $106,200, 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 49 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 49 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 $119,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $57,160 at the bottom tenth to $178,990 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $86,143 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $83,542 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $119,190. 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 ($57,160) and the ninetieth ($178,990) 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 $86,143 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 $83,542 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.