Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,212
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$19,148
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,554
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
$94,360
Kept after tax
$75,212
Worth in national money
$77,554
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $94,360, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 4.67% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 88 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,360 you keep $75,212 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $77,554 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $94,920, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational health and safety specialists, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $94,360, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 4.67% 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, occupational health and safety specialists ranks 88 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $75,212 after the full tax stack, from $94,360. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $77,554 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $94,920 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,700 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,960 |
| This salary | $94,360 |
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 | $75,212 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,212 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$156 |
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 | $94,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$215 |
| 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 occupational health and safety specialists in Nevada earn under $94,360 and half over. The published range runs $61,700 at the tenth percentile to $131,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $75,212, from $94,360, 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 88 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,554 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 88.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational health and safety specialists in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,700 to $131,960; 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 $75,212 from $94,360. 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 88 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,554, worked from $94,360, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 88 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $61,700, the highest tenth $131,960, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Nevada is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $77,554 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $75,212 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,700) and the ninetieth ($131,960) 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 $77,554 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 $75,212 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.