Labor Relations Specialists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,168
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,072
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,135
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
$77,240
Kept after tax
$63,168
Worth in national money
$65,135
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for labor relations specialists. The middle earner takes $77,240, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 19.05% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Labor relations specialists ranks 142 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $77,240 you keep $63,168, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $65,135 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $94,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 41 of 51 for labor relations specialists, with a median of $77,240 — about 19.05% 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.
- Position 142 of 485 in Nevada places labor relations specialists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for labor relations specialists on $77,240 is $63,168. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $65,135 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 $94,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,710 |
| This salary | $77,240 |
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 | $63,168 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,168 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$131 |
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 | $77,240 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$181 |
| 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 $77,240. The published range is $59,910 up to $140,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $63,168, from $77,240, 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 142 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $65,135, the adjusted value of that $77,240 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 142 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for labor relations specialists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,910 to $140,710. 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 $63,168 from $77,240. 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 142 of 485 locally.
- This $65,135 adjusted figure, worked from $77,240, 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 142 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 142 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 $94,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $59,910 and the top tenth $140,710 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,135 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $63,168 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $94,360. 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 ($59,910) and the ninetieth ($140,710) 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 $65,135 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 $63,168 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.