Physical Therapist Assistants in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,958
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,562
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,888
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
$75,520
Kept after tax
$61,958
Worth in national money
$63,888
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for physical therapist assistants is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $75,520, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 10.44% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 150.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $75,520 the take-home is $61,958; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,888 would nationally. The average lands at $72,960, below the middle of the range.
- For physical therapist assistants, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $75,520, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 10.44% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, physical therapist assistants sits at 150 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 physical therapist assistants in Nevada, on $75,520, is $61,958 — equivalent to $63,888 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 $72,960 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Physical Therapist Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,930 |
| This salary | $75,520 |
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 | $61,958 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,958 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$128 |
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 | $75,520 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$177 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of physical therapist assistants in Nevada earn under $75,520 and half over. The published range runs $49,140 at the tenth percentile to $87,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $61,958, from $75,520, 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 150 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $63,888, the adjusted value of that $75,520 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 150 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for physical therapist assistants in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,140 to $87,930; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,958 from $75,520. 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 150 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $63,888 — the adjusted value of that $75,520 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 150 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 $72,960 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,140 at the tenth percentile, $87,930 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 $63,888 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $61,958 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.
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 $72,960. 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 ($49,140 to $87,930) 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 $63,888 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 $61,958 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.