Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,351
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,579
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,044
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
$64,930
Kept after tax
$54,351
Worth in national money
$56,044
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $64,930, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 3.59% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 200 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $64,930 you keep $54,351 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,044 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $66,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for kindergarten teachers, except special education is $64,930, about 3.59% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Kindergarten teachers, except special education ranks 200 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $54,351 after the full tax stack, from $64,930. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,044 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $66,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,740 |
| This salary | $64,930 |
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 | $54,351 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,351 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$112 |
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 | $64,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$136 |
| 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 kindergarten teachers, except special education in Nevada earn under $64,930 and half over. The published range runs $55,020 at the tenth percentile to $82,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,351 take-home in Nevada comes from $64,930. 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 200 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,044, the adjusted value of that $64,930 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 200 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for kindergarten teachers, except special education in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $55,020 to $82,740; 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.
- Retained pay of $54,351, from $64,930, 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 200 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $56,044 — the adjusted value of that $64,930 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 200 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $55,020 at the tenth percentile, $82,740 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $56,044 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $54,351 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 50 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 ($55,020 to $82,740) 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 $56,044 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 $54,351 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.