Library Assistants, Clerical in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,639
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,981
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,874
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
$46,620
Kept after tax
$39,639
Worth in national money
$40,874
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays library assistants, clerical a middle wage of $46,620, ranking 4 of 50 states and sitting about 26.31% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 354.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $46,620 you keep $39,639, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $40,874 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $46,040, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada's median for library assistants, clerical is $46,620, about 26.31% above the national figure and 4 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.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, library assistants, clerical sits at 354 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for library assistants, clerical on $46,620 is $39,639. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $40,874 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 $46,040 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,740 |
| This salary | $46,620 |
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 | $39,639 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$82 |
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 | $46,620 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$99 |
| 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 library assistants, clerical in Nevada earn under $46,620 and half over. The published range runs $32,000 at the tenth percentile to $59,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,639 take-home in Nevada comes from $46,620. 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 354 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,874 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 354.
- Figures are distribution medians for library assistants, clerical in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,000 to $59,740; 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 $39,639, from $46,620, 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 354 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,874, worked from $46,620, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 354 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,000 at the tenth percentile, $59,740 at the ninetieth.
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 $40,874 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,639 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,000 to $59,740) 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 $40,874 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 $39,639 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.