Ophthalmic Medical Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,440
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,220
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,450
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
$37,660
Kept after tax
$32,440
Worth in national money
$33,450
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for ophthalmic medical technicians is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $37,660. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 17.36% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, ophthalmic medical technicians lands at 428. 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 $37,660 you keep $32,440, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $33,450 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $41,090, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For ophthalmic medical technicians, Nevada sits in the lower band at $37,660, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.36%. 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 428 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 ophthalmic medical technicians on $37,660 is $32,440. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $33,450 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 $41,090 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,360 |
| This salary | $37,660 |
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 | $32,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,440 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$67 |
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 | $37,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$81 |
| 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 $37,660. The published range is $35,530 up to $49,360, 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 $32,440, worked from $37,660. 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 428 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $33,450, the adjusted value of that $37,660 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 428 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for ophthalmic medical technicians in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,530 to $49,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $32,440, on $37,660 for work ranking 428 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 428 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $33,450 — the adjusted value of that $37,660 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 428 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $41,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,530 at the bottom tenth to $49,360 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 $33,450 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,440 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Nevada is $41,090. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,530 to $49,360) 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 $33,450 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 $32,440 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.