Prepress Technicians and Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,919
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$8,761
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,380
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
$55,680
Kept after tax
$46,919
Worth in national money
$48,380
State rank
6
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for prepress technicians and workers is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $55,680, putting the state 6 of 45 — about 14.36% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 281.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $55,680 the take-home is $46,919; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,380 would nationally. The average lands at $53,220, below the middle of the range.
- For prepress technicians and workers, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $55,680, ranking 6 of 45 and running about 14.36% 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, prepress technicians and workers sits at 281 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 prepress technicians and workers in Nevada, on $55,680, is $46,919 — equivalent to $48,380 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 $53,220 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Prepress Technicians and Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,210 |
| This salary | $55,680 |
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 | $46,919 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,919 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$97 |
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 | $55,680 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$117 |
| 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 prepress technicians and workers in Nevada earn under $55,680 and half over. The published range runs $33,280 at the tenth percentile to $66,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $46,919, from $55,680, 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 281 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $48,380 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 281.
- Figures are distribution medians for prepress technicians and workers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,280 to $66,210; 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 $46,919 from $55,680. 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 281 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $48,380, worked from $55,680, 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 281 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 $53,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $33,280 at the bottom tenth to $66,210 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $48,380 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $46,919 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $53,220. 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 ($33,280 to $66,210) 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 $48,380 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 $46,919 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.