Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,897
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,643
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,980
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
$82,540
Kept after tax
$66,897
Worth in national money
$68,980
State rank
15
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $82,540, ranking 15 of 48 states and sitting about 3.25% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, this job comes in at 113 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $82,540 you keep $66,897 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $68,980 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $83,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary is $82,540, about 3.25% above the national figure and 15 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ranks 113 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $66,897 after the full tax stack, from $82,540. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $68,980 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $83,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $109,070 |
| This salary | $82,540 |
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 | $66,897 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,897 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$138 |
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 | $82,540 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$191 |
| 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 mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in Nevada earn under $82,540 and half over. The published range runs $53,020 at the tenth percentile to $109,070 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 $66,897, worked from $82,540. 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 113 of 485.
- Two cautions on $68,980, the adjusted value of that $82,540 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 113 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for mathematical science teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,020 to $109,070; 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 $66,897, on $82,540 for work ranking 113 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 113 of 485 in the state.
- This $68,980 adjusted figure, worked from $82,540, 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 113 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 113 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $53,020 at the bottom tenth to $109,070 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $68,980 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $66,897 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,020 to $109,070) 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 $68,980 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 $66,897 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.