Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,306
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,144
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,561
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
$47,450
Kept after tax
$40,306
Worth in national money
$41,561
State rank
35
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is among the lower-paying states for locksmiths and safe repairers. The middle earner takes $47,450, ranking 35 of 48 states — about 7.54% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Locksmiths and safe repairers ranks 341 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,450 the take-home is $40,306; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,561 would nationally. The average comes to $52,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 35 of 48 for locksmiths and safe repairers, with a median of $47,450 — about 7.54% 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 341 of 485 in Nevada places locksmiths and safe repairers 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.
- Post-tax income for locksmiths and safe repairers in Nevada, on $47,450, is $40,306 — equivalent to $41,561 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 $52,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,700 |
| This salary | $47,450 |
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 | $40,306 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$83 |
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 | $47,450 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$101 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,450 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,630 and the ninetieth is $67,700 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $40,306, from $47,450, 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 341 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,561, the adjusted value of that $47,450 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 341 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $47,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,630 to $67,700. 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 $40,306 from $47,450. 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 341 of 485 locally.
- This $41,561 adjusted figure, worked from $47,450, 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 341 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 341 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $52,010, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,630 at the bottom tenth to $67,700 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $41,561.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $40,306 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $52,010. 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 ($37,630 to $67,700) 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 $41,561 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 $40,306 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.