Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,720
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,180
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,362
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
$62,900
Kept after tax
$52,720
Worth in national money
$54,362
State rank
15
of 51 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 $62,900, ranking 15 of 51 states and sitting about 4.35% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 213.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,900 you keep $52,720 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,362 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,790, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for mental health and substance abuse social workers is $62,900, about 4.35% above the national figure and 15 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, mental health and substance abuse social workers sits at 213 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 $52,720 after the full tax stack, from $62,900. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,362 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,790 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,010 |
| This salary | $62,900 |
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 | $52,720 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,720 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$109 |
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 | $62,900 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$132 |
| 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 mental health and substance abuse social workers in Nevada earn under $62,900 and half over. The published range runs $37,930 at the tenth percentile to $98,010 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $52,720, from $62,900, 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 213 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 $54,362, the adjusted value of that $62,900 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 213 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for mental health and substance abuse social workers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,930 to $98,010; 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.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,720 from $62,900. 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 213 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $54,362 — the adjusted value of that $62,900 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 213 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $37,930 at the bottom tenth to $98,010 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 $54,362.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $52,720 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.
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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($37,930) and the ninetieth ($98,010) 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 $54,362 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 $52,720 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.