Nurse Practitioners in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$107,414
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$33,256
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,759
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
$140,670
Kept after tax
$107,414
Worth in national money
$110,759
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nurse practitioners is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $140,670, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 6.33% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 9 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $140,670 the take-home is $107,414; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $110,759 would nationally. The average lands at $137,410, below the middle of the range.
- For nurse practitioners, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $140,670, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 6.33% 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.
- Within Nevada, nurse practitioners ranks 9 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for nurse practitioners in Nevada, on $140,670, is $107,414 — equivalent to $110,759 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $137,410 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Nurse Practitioners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $140,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $172,170 |
| This salary | $140,670 |
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 | $107,414 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $107,414 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$222 |
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 | $140,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$316 |
| 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 $140,670. The published range is $85,380 up to $172,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $107,414 take-home in Nevada comes from $140,670. 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 9 of 485.
- Two cautions on $110,759, the adjusted value of that $140,670 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 9 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for nurse practitioners in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $85,380 to $172,170. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $107,414, from $140,670, 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 9 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- This $110,759 adjusted figure, worked from $140,670, 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 9 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 9 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $85,380 and the top tenth $172,170, 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 $110,759.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $107,414 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($85,380 to $172,170) 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 $110,759 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 $107,414 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.