Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,467
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$18,833
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,785
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
$93,300
Kept after tax
$74,467
Worth in national money
$76,785
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $93,300 at the midpoint, 21 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 93 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $93,300 you keep $74,467, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $76,785 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $102,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For political science teachers, postsecondary the Nevada median is $93,300, ranking 21 of 45 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, political science teachers, postsecondary sits 93 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for political science teachers, postsecondary on $93,300 is $74,467. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $76,785 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $102,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $72,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $93,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,260 |
| This salary | $93,300 |
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 | $74,467 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,467 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$154 |
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 | $93,300 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$213 |
| 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 political science teachers, postsecondary in Nevada earn under $93,300 and half over. The published range runs $72,400 at the tenth percentile to $144,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,467 take-home in Nevada comes from $93,300. 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 93 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $76,785, the adjusted value of that $93,300 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 93 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for political science teachers, postsecondary in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $72,400 to $144,260; 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 $74,467, from $93,300, 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 93 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $76,785 — the adjusted value of that $93,300 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 93 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $102,630, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $72,400 and the top tenth $144,260 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,785 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $74,467 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $102,630. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($72,400) and the ninetieth ($144,260) 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 $76,785 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 $74,467 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.