Interpreters and Translators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,652
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,718
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,981
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
$50,370
Kept after tax
$42,652
Worth in national money
$43,981
State rank
33
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for interpreters and translators. The middle earner takes $50,370, ranking 33 of 47 states — about 16.29% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 305.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,370 you keep $42,652, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,981 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $50,390, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 33 of 47 for interpreters and translators, with a median of $50,370 — about 16.29% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, interpreters and translators sits at 305 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for interpreters and translators on $50,370 is $42,652. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,981 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 $50,390 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Interpreters and Translators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,470 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,160 |
| This salary | $50,370 |
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 | $42,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$88 |
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 | $50,370 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$107 |
| 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 $50,370. The published range is $37,470 up to $70,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,652 take-home in Nevada comes from $50,370. 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 305 of 485.
- Two cautions on $43,981, the adjusted value of that $50,370 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 305 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for interpreters and translators in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,470 to $70,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,652, from $50,370, 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 305 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 47 for it.
- This $43,981 adjusted figure, worked from $50,370, 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 305 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 305 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,470 at the tenth percentile, $70,160 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,981 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $42,652 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,470 to $70,160) 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 $43,981 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 $42,652 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.