Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,304
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$16,236
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,431
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
$84,540
Kept after tax
$68,304
Worth in national money
$70,431
State rank
5
of 51 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 $84,540, ranking 5 of 51 states and sitting about 23.83% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 108 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $84,540 the take-home is $68,304; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,431 would nationally. The average lands at $81,580, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada's median for librarians and media collections specialists is $84,540, about 23.83% above the national figure and 5 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.
- Within Nevada, librarians and media collections specialists ranks 108 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for librarians and media collections specialists in Nevada, on $84,540, is $68,304 — equivalent to $70,431 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $81,580 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,940 |
| This salary | $84,540 |
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 | $68,304 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,304 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$141 |
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 | $84,540 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$195 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $84,540 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $56,310 and the ninetieth is $102,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $68,304, from $84,540, 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 108 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,431, the adjusted value of that $84,540 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 108 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $84,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $56,310 to $102,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $68,304 from $84,540. 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 108 of 485 locally.
- This $70,431 adjusted figure, worked from $84,540, 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 108 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 108 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $81,580 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $56,310 at the tenth percentile, $102,940 at the ninetieth.
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 $70,431.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $68,304 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $81,580. 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 ($56,310 to $102,940) 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 $70,431 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 $68,304 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.