Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,798
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,552
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,850
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
$39,350
Kept after tax
$33,798
Worth in national money
$34,850
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 33 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $39,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nevada this is lower-paid work. Of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 409. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $39,350 you keep $33,798 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $34,850 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $43,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 33 of 51 for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand at $39,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Nevada reports, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ranks 409 of 485, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $33,798 after the full tax stack, from $39,350. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,850 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $43,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,690 |
| This salary | $39,350 |
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 | $33,798 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,798 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$70 |
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 | $39,350 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$85 |
| 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 $39,350. The published range is $33,380 up to $56,690, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $33,798, from $39,350, 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 409 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,850, the adjusted value of that $39,350 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 409 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,380 to $56,690. 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 $33,798 from $39,350. 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 409 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $34,850 — the adjusted value of that $39,350 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 409 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 $43,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,380 and the top tenth $56,690, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $34,850.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,798 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.
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 $43,190. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,380 to $56,690) 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 $34,850 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 $33,798 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.