Paramedics in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,811
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,469
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,363
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
$59,280
Kept after tax
$49,811
Worth in national money
$51,363
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays paramedics around $59,280 at the midpoint, 30 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 260.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,280 the take-home is $49,811; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $51,363 would nationally. The average comes to $61,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For paramedics the Nevada median is $59,280, ranking 30 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, paramedics sits at 260 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.
- Post-tax income for paramedics in Nevada, on $59,280, is $49,811 — equivalent to $51,363 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $61,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Paramedics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,580 |
| This salary | $59,280 |
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 | $49,811 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,811 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$103 |
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 | $59,280 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$125 |
| 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 $59,280. The published range is $49,320 up to $83,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,811 take-home in Nevada comes from $59,280. 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 260 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $51,363, the adjusted value of that $59,280 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 260 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for paramedics in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,320 to $83,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,811, from $59,280, 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 260 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $51,363 — the adjusted value of that $59,280 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 260 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 $61,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,320 and the top tenth $83,580, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $51,363 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,811 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 $61,990. 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 ($49,320 to $83,580) 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 $51,363 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 $49,811 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.