Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,486
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,454
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,653
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
$43,940
Kept after tax
$37,486
Worth in national money
$38,653
State rank
42
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $43,940. That is 42 of 48 states, and about 20.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, this job lands at 379. 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 $43,940 you keep $37,486, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $38,653 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $43,160, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers, Nevada sits in the lower band at $43,940, ranking 42 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 20.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Nevada, this work ranks 379 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 morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers on $43,940 is $37,486. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $38,653 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 $43,160 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,710 |
| This salary | $43,940 |
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 | $37,486 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,486 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$78 |
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 | $43,940 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$94 |
| 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 $43,940. The published range is $28,360 up to $55,710, 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 $37,486, worked from $43,940. 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 379 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,653, the adjusted value of that $43,940 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 379 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,360 to $55,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $37,486, on $43,940 for work ranking 379 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 379 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $38,653 — the adjusted value of that $43,940 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 379 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,360 at the tenth percentile, $55,710 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $38,653 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $37,486 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,360 to $55,710) 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 $38,653 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 $37,486 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.