Paralegals and Legal Assistants in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,150
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,530
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,837
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
$64,680
Kept after tax
$54,150
Worth in national money
$55,837
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $64,680, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.85% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 201.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $64,680 you keep $54,150, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $55,837 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $66,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for paralegals and legal assistants, at $64,680 — about 2.85% 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.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, paralegals and legal assistants sits at 201 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for paralegals and legal assistants on $64,680 is $54,150. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $55,837 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 $66,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Paralegals and Legal Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,160 |
| This salary | $64,680 |
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 | $54,150 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,150 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$112 |
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 | $64,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$136 |
| 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 $64,680. The published range is $47,640 up to $82,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $54,150 take-home in Nevada comes from $64,680. 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 201 of 485.
- Two cautions on $55,837, the adjusted value of that $64,680 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 201 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for paralegals and legal assistants in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,640 to $82,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $54,150, from $64,680, 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 201 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $55,837 adjusted figure, worked from $64,680, 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 201 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $47,640 and the top tenth $82,160, 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 $55,837 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,150 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,640 to $82,160) 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 $55,837 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 $54,150 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.