Pharmacists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$106,977
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$33,054
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,308
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
$140,030
Kept after tax
$106,977
Worth in national money
$110,308
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 pharmacists, with a middle wage of $140,030. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 11 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $140,030 you keep $106,977 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $110,308 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $139,530.
- Nevada ranks 24 of 51 for pharmacists at $140,030. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Nevada, pharmacists ranks 11 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $106,977 after the full tax stack, from $140,030. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $110,308 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $139,530 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $104,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $140,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,600 |
| This salary | $140,030 |
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 | $106,977 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $106,977 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$221 |
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 | $140,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$315 |
| 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 $140,030. The published range is $104,000 up to $168,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $106,977 take-home in Nevada comes from $140,030. 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 11 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $110,308 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 11.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $104,000 to $168,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $106,977, from $140,030, 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 11 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $110,308, worked from $140,030, 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 11 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $104,000 at the tenth percentile, $168,600 at the ninetieth.
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 $110,308 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $106,977 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($104,000 to $168,600) 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 $110,308 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 $106,977 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.