Mechanical Drafters in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,176
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,654
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,113
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
$75,830
Kept after tax
$62,176
Worth in national money
$64,113
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for mechanical drafters is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $75,830, putting the state 12 of 47 — about 5.98% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 149.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $75,830 you keep $62,176 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,113 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $78,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- For mechanical drafters, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,830, ranking 12 of 47 and running about 5.98% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, mechanical drafters sits at 149 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $62,176 after the full tax stack, from $75,830. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,113 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $78,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mechanical Drafters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $123,050 |
| This salary | $75,830 |
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 | $62,176 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,176 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$129 |
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 | $75,830 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$178 |
| 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 $75,830. The published range is $43,010 up to $123,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $62,176, from $75,830, 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 149 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 $64,113, the adjusted value of that $75,830 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 149 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for mechanical drafters in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,010 to $123,050. 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 $62,176 from $75,830. 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 149 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $64,113 — the adjusted value of that $75,830 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 149 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $78,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $43,010 at the bottom tenth to $123,050 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 $64,113.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $62,176 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 47 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 $78,230. 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 ($43,010) and the ninetieth ($123,050) 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 $64,113 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 $62,176 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.