Lawyers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$114,140
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$36,370
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$117,694
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
$150,510
Kept after tax
$114,140
Worth in national money
$117,694
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays lawyers a middle wage of $150,510, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 5.74% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, lawyers comes in at 7 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $150,510 you keep $114,140, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $117,694 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $205,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada's median for lawyers is $150,510, about 5.74% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Lawyers ranks 7 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for lawyers on $150,510 is $114,140. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $117,694 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 $205,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Lawyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $96,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $150,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $414,290 |
| This salary | $150,510 |
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 | $114,140 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $114,140 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$236 |
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 | $150,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$336 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $150,510 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $96,010 and the ninetieth is $414,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $114,140 take-home in Nevada comes from $150,510. 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 7 of 485.
- Two cautions on $117,694, the adjusted value of that $150,510 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 7 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $150,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $96,010 to $414,290. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $114,140, from $150,510, 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 7 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 51 for it.
- This $117,694 adjusted figure, worked from $150,510, 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 7 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 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 $205,630, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $96,010, the highest tenth $414,290, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $117,694 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $114,140 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $205,630. 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 ($96,010) and the ninetieth ($414,290) 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 $117,694 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 $114,140 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.