Phlebotomists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,948
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,812
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,161
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
$45,760
Kept after tax
$38,948
Worth in national money
$40,161
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays phlebotomists around $45,760 at the midpoint, 23 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 362 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,760 the take-home is $38,948; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,161 would nationally. The average comes to $46,430, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For phlebotomists the Nevada median is $45,760, ranking 23 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.
- Phlebotomists ranks 362 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.
- Post-tax income for phlebotomists in Nevada, on $45,760, is $38,948 — equivalent to $40,161 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 $46,430 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Phlebotomists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,480 |
| This salary | $45,760 |
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 | $38,948 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$81 |
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 | $45,760 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$97 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,760 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,280 and the ninetieth is $59,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $38,948, from $45,760, 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 362 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,161, the adjusted value of that $45,760 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 362 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $45,760 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,280 to $59,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,948 from $45,760. 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 362 of 485 locally.
- This $40,161 adjusted figure, worked from $45,760, 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 362 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 362 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,280 at the bottom tenth to $59,480 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,161.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,948 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 ($37,280 to $59,480) 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 $40,161 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 $38,948 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.