Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,592
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,458
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,887
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
$49,050
Kept after tax
$41,592
Worth in national money
$42,887
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $49,050, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 9.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,050 you keep $41,592, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,887 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $50,920, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $49,050, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 9.85% 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, miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators sits at 321 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators on $49,050 is $41,592. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,887 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 $50,920 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,710 |
| This salary | $49,050 |
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 | $41,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,592 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$86 |
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 | $49,050 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$104 |
| 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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Nevada earn under $49,050 and half over. The published range runs $36,230 at the tenth percentile to $63,710 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $41,592 take-home in Nevada comes from $49,050. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 321 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,887, the adjusted value of that $49,050 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 321 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,230 to $63,710; 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.
- Retained pay of $41,592, from $49,050, assumes a single Nevada filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 321 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $42,887 — the adjusted value of that $49,050 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 321 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 $50,920 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,230 and the top tenth $63,710, 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 $42,887.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $41,592 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $50,920. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,230 to $63,710) 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 $42,887 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 $41,592 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.