Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,956
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$20,304
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,383
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
$98,260
Kept after tax
$77,956
Worth in national money
$80,383
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $98,260. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 78 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $98,260 the take-home is $77,956; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,383 would nationally. The average comes to $101,830, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 21 of 51 for magnetic resonance imaging technologists at $98,260. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Magnetic resonance imaging technologists ranks 78 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.
- Post-tax income for magnetic resonance imaging technologists in Nevada, on $98,260, is $77,956 — equivalent to $80,383 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 $101,830 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,610 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $124,120 |
| This salary | $98,260 |
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 | $77,956 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $77,956 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$161 |
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 | $98,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$223 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,260 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,610 and the ninetieth is $124,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $77,956 take-home in Nevada comes from $98,260. 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 78 of 485.
- Two cautions on $80,383, the adjusted value of that $98,260 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 78 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $98,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,610 to $124,120. 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 $77,956, from $98,260, 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 78 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- This $80,383 adjusted figure, worked from $98,260, 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 78 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 78 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 $101,830, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $84,610 at the tenth percentile, $124,120 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 $80,383.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $77,956 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 $101,830. 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 ($84,610 to $124,120) 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 $80,383 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 $77,956 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.