Occupational Therapists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,581
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$23,939
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,277
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
$110,520
Kept after tax
$86,581
Worth in national money
$89,277
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for occupational therapists is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $110,520, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 10.16% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, occupational therapists ranks 36 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $110,520 you keep $86,581, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $89,277 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $112,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For occupational therapists, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,520, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 10.16% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, occupational therapists sits 36 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for occupational therapists on $110,520 is $86,581. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $89,277 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 $112,290 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $139,260 |
| This salary | $110,520 |
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 | $86,581 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,581 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$179 |
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 | $110,520 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$247 |
| 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 therapists in Nevada earn under $110,520 and half over. The published range runs $85,720 at the tenth percentile to $139,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $86,581, from $110,520, 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 36 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 $89,277 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 36.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapists in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $85,720 to $139,260; 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 $86,581 from $110,520. 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 36 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $89,277, worked from $110,520, 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 36 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $85,720 and the top tenth $139,260, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $89,277 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $86,581 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($85,720 to $139,260) 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 $89,277 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 $86,581 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.