Packers and Packagers, Hand in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,231
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,169
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,235
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
$37,400
Kept after tax
$32,231
Worth in national money
$33,235
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays packers and packagers, hand a middle wage of $37,400, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 3.09% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 434 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $37,400 you keep $32,231 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $33,235 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $38,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for packers and packagers, hand is $37,400, about 3.09% above the national figure and 13 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Packers and packagers, hand occupies position 434 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $32,231 after the full tax stack, from $37,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,235 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $38,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,520 |
| This salary | $37,400 |
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 | $32,231 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,231 |
| 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 | $37,400 |
|---|---|
| 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
- Treat $37,400 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,520 and the ninetieth is $47,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,231 take-home in Nevada comes from $37,400. 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 434 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,235 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 434.
- The Nevada median of $37,400 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,520 to $47,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $32,231, from $37,400, 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 434 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,235, worked from $37,400, 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 434 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $38,750, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,520 and the top tenth $47,520, 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 $33,235 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $32,231 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $38,750. 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 ($28,520 to $47,520) 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 $33,235 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 $32,231 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.