Physician Assistants in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$103,306
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$31,354
23.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$106,523
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
$134,660
Kept after tax
$103,306
Worth in national money
$106,523
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 25 of 51 states for physician assistants, with a middle wage of $134,660. 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 14 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $134,660 the take-home is $103,306; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $106,523 would nationally. The average comes to $135,790, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 25 of 51 for physician assistants at $134,660. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Nevada, physician assistants ranks 14 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.
- Post-tax income for physician assistants in Nevada, on $134,660, is $103,306 — equivalent to $106,523 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 $135,790 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $175,300 |
| This salary | $134,660 |
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 | $103,306 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,306 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$214 |
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 | $134,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$304 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $134,660 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,040 and the ninetieth is $175,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $103,306 take-home in Nevada comes from $134,660. 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 14 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $106,523 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 14.
- The Nevada median of $134,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,040 to $175,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $103,306, from $134,660, 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 14 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $106,523, worked from $134,660, 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 14 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,040, the highest tenth $175,300, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $106,523.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $103,306 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,040) and the ninetieth ($175,300) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $106,523 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 $103,306 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.