Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,801
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,339
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,788
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
$78,140
Kept after tax
$63,801
Worth in national money
$65,788
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $78,140, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 2.53% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 139.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $78,140 the take-home is $63,801; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $65,788 would nationally. The average comes to $86,470, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For police and sheriff's patrol officers, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $78,140, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 2.53% 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, police and sheriff's patrol officers sits at 139 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 police and sheriff's patrol officers in Nevada, on $78,140, is $63,801 — equivalent to $65,788 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 $86,470 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $78,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,810 |
| This salary | $78,140 |
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 | $63,801 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,801 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$132 |
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 | $78,140 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$182 |
| 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 police and sheriff's patrol officers in Nevada earn under $78,140 and half over. The published range runs $62,250 at the tenth percentile to $102,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $63,801 take-home in Nevada comes from $78,140. 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 139 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $65,788 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 139.
- Figures are distribution medians for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,250 to $102,810; 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.
- Retained pay of $63,801, from $78,140, 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 139 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $65,788, worked from $78,140, 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 139 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 $86,470 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 — $62,250 at the tenth percentile, $102,810 at the ninetieth.
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 $65,788 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $63,801 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.
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 $86,470. 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 ($62,250 to $102,810) 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 $65,788 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 $63,801 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.