Occupational Therapy Assistants in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,765
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,745
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,782
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
$79,510
Kept after tax
$64,765
Worth in national money
$66,782
State rank
4
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $79,510, which ranks 4 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 9.97% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 132 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,510 the take-home is $64,765; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,782 would nationally. The average lands at $77,290, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada ranks 4 of 50 states publishing a median for occupational therapy assistants, at $79,510 — about 9.97% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 132 of 485 in Nevada places occupational therapy assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for occupational therapy assistants in Nevada, on $79,510, is $64,765 — equivalent to $66,782 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 $77,290 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,590 |
| This salary | $79,510 |
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 | $64,765 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,765 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$134 |
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 | $79,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$185 |
| 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 $79,510. The published range is $61,530 up to $97,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $64,765 take-home in Nevada comes from $79,510. 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 132 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,782 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 132.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,530 to $97,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $64,765, from $79,510, 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 132 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,782, worked from $79,510, 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 132 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $61,530 at the bottom tenth to $97,590 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $66,782 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $64,765 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,530 to $97,590) 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 $66,782 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 $64,765 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.