Protective Service Workers, All Other in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,204
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$8,586
15.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,643
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
$54,790
Kept after tax
$46,204
Worth in national money
$47,643
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays this job a middle wage of $54,790, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 28.8% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 285 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $54,790 the take-home is $46,204; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $47,643 would nationally. The average comes to $57,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada's median for protective service workers, all other is $54,790, about 28.8% above the national figure and 10 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 285 of 485 in Nevada places protective service workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for protective service workers, all other in Nevada, on $54,790, is $46,204 — equivalent to $47,643 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 $57,040 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,520 |
| This salary | $54,790 |
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 | $46,204 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,204 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$96 |
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 | $54,790 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$116 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $54,790. The published range is $34,500 up to $78,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,204 take-home in Nevada comes from $54,790. 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 285 of 485.
- Two cautions on $47,643, the adjusted value of that $54,790 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 285 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for protective service workers, all other in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,500 to $78,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,204, from $54,790, 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 285 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $47,643 adjusted figure, worked from $54,790, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 285 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 285 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 $57,040 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,500 and the top tenth $78,520 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $47,643.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $46,204 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?
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 $57,040. 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 ($34,500) and the ninetieth ($78,520) 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 $47,643 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 $46,204 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.