Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,779
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$8,971
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,266
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
$56,750
Kept after tax
$47,779
Worth in national money
$49,266
State rank
5
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $56,750, which ranks 5 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 18.53% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 275 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,750 you keep $47,779 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $49,266 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $56,820, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 5 of 49 states publishing a median for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics, at $56,750 — about 18.53% 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.
- Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics ranks 275 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $47,779 after the full tax stack, from $56,750. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $49,266 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $56,820 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,670 |
| This salary | $56,750 |
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 | $47,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,779 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$99 |
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 | $56,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$120 |
| 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 outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Nevada earn under $56,750 and half over. The published range runs $35,320 at the tenth percentile to $93,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $47,779, from $56,750, 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 275 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $49,266, the adjusted value of that $56,750 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 275 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,320 to $93,670; 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 $47,779 from $56,750. 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 275 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $49,266 — the adjusted value of that $56,750 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 275 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $35,320 and the top tenth $93,670 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $49,266.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $47,779 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,320) and the ninetieth ($93,670) 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 $49,266 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 $47,779 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.