Maintenance Workers, Machinery in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,944
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,556
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,873
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
$75,500
Kept after tax
$61,944
Worth in national money
$63,873
State rank
4
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays maintenance workers, machinery a middle wage of $75,500, ranking 4 of 46 states and sitting about 24.08% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Maintenance workers, machinery ranks 152 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,500 you keep $61,944, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,873 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $72,140, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada's median for maintenance workers, machinery is $75,500, about 24.08% above the national figure and 4 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 152 of 485 in Nevada places maintenance workers, machinery 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for maintenance workers, machinery on $75,500 is $61,944. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,873 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 $72,140 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Maintenance Workers, Machinery
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $92,950 |
| This salary | $75,500 |
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 | $61,944 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,944 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$128 |
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 | $75,500 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$177 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $75,500. The published range is $45,350 up to $92,950, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $61,944, from $75,500, 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 152 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,873, the adjusted value of that $75,500 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 152 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for maintenance workers, machinery in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,350 to $92,950. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,944 from $75,500. 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 152 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $63,873 — the adjusted value of that $75,500 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 152 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 $72,140, 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 $45,350 at the bottom tenth to $92,950 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 $63,873.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $61,944 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $72,140. 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 ($45,350 to $92,950) 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 $63,873 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 $61,944 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.