Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,118
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,342
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,398
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
$48,460
Kept after tax
$41,118
Worth in national money
$42,398
State rank
27
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 27 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,460. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 326.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $48,460 you keep $41,118, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,398 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $50,000, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 27 of 49 for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders at $48,460. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 326 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders on $48,460 is $41,118. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,398 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 $50,000 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,640 |
| This salary | $48,460 |
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 | $41,118 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,118 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$85 |
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 | $48,460 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$103 |
| 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nevada earn under $48,460 and half over. The published range runs $36,670 at the tenth percentile to $64,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $41,118, from $48,460, 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 326 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $42,398, the adjusted value of that $48,460 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 326 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,670 to $64,640; 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 $41,118 from $48,460. 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 326 of 485 locally.
- This $42,398 adjusted figure, worked from $48,460, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 326 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 326 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $50,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,670 at the bottom tenth to $64,640 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,398.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,118 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $50,000. 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 ($36,670 to $64,640) 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 $42,398 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 $41,118 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.