Medical Records Specialists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,596
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,704
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,923
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
$50,300
Kept after tax
$42,596
Worth in national money
$43,923
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays medical records specialists around $50,300 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical records specialists ranks 306 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $50,300 you keep $42,596, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $43,923 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,730, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For medical records specialists the Nevada median is $50,300, ranking 32 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.
- Position 306 of 485 in Nevada places medical records specialists 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 medical records specialists on $50,300 is $42,596. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $43,923 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 $55,730 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Records Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,140 |
| This salary | $50,300 |
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 | $42,596 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,596 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$88 |
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 | $50,300 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$107 |
| 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 $50,300. The published range is $36,990 up to $81,140, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $42,596, from $50,300, 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 306 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 $43,923, the adjusted value of that $50,300 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 306 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for medical records specialists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,990 to $81,140. 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 $42,596 from $50,300. 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 306 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $43,923 — the adjusted value of that $50,300 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 306 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 $55,730, 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 $36,990 at the bottom tenth to $81,140 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 $43,923.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $42,596 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $55,730. 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 ($36,990) and the ninetieth ($81,140) 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 $43,923 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 $42,596 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.