Materials Engineers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,484
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$20,526
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,928
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
$99,010
Kept after tax
$78,484
Worth in national money
$80,928
State rank
33
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nevada pays materials engineers a middle wage of $99,010, 33 of 45 states and about 12.27% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, materials engineers comes in at 73 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $99,010 the take-home is $78,484; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $80,928 would nationally. The average comes to $107,480, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada's $99,010 median for materials engineers places it 33 of 45 states, about 12.27% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Materials engineers ranks 73 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 materials engineers in Nevada, on $99,010, is $78,484 — equivalent to $80,928 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 $107,480 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Materials Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,190 |
| This salary | $99,010 |
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 | $78,484 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$162 |
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 | $99,010 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$224 |
| 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 materials engineers in Nevada earn under $99,010 and half over. The published range runs $66,150 at the tenth percentile to $155,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $78,484, worked from $99,010. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 73 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,928 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 73.
- Figures are distribution medians for materials engineers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,150 to $155,190; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $78,484, on $99,010 for work ranking 73 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 73 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,928, worked from $99,010, 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 73 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 $107,480, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $66,150 at the bottom tenth to $155,190 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $80,928.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $78,484 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 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 $107,480. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($66,150) and the ninetieth ($155,190) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $80,928 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 $78,484 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.