Optometrists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,983
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$31,667
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,221
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
$135,650
Kept after tax
$103,983
Worth in national money
$107,221
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 24 of 51 states for optometrists, with a middle wage of $135,650. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, optometrists comes in at 13 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $135,650 you keep $103,983 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $107,221 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $137,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 24 of 51 for optometrists at $135,650. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Optometrists ranks 13 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $103,983 after the full tax stack, from $135,650. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $107,221 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $137,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Optometrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $135,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $181,520 |
| This salary | $135,650 |
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 | $103,983 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,983 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$215 |
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 | $135,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$306 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $135,650 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,530 and the ninetieth is $181,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $103,983, worked from $135,650. 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 13 of 485.
- Two cautions on $107,221, the adjusted value of that $135,650 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 13 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $135,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,530 to $181,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $103,983, on $135,650 for work ranking 13 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 13 of 485 in the state.
- This $107,221 adjusted figure, worked from $135,650, 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 13 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 13 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $74,530 at the bottom tenth to $181,520 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $107,221 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $103,983 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?
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 ($74,530) and the ninetieth ($181,520) 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 $107,221 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 $103,983 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.