Medical Assistants in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,498
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,702
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,697
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
$45,200
Kept after tax
$38,498
Worth in national money
$39,697
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays medical assistants around $45,200 at the midpoint, 26 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, medical assistants lands at 370. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,200 you keep $38,498, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $39,697 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $44,170, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For medical assistants the Nevada median is $45,200, ranking 26 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nevada, this work ranks 370 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for medical assistants on $45,200 is $38,498. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $39,697 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 $44,170 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,120 |
| This salary | $45,200 |
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 | $38,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,498 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$80 |
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 | $45,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$96 |
| 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 $45,200. The published range is $37,400 up to $55,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $38,498, worked from $45,200. 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 370 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,697 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 370.
- Reported values are medians; for medical assistants in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,400 to $55,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $38,498, on $45,200 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,697, worked from $45,200, 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 370 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,400 and the top tenth $55,120, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $39,697.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,498 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,400 to $55,120) 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 $39,697 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 $38,498 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.