Psychiatric Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,503
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$6,947
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,733
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
$46,450
Kept after tax
$39,503
Worth in national money
$40,733
State rank
16
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays psychiatric technicians a middle wage of $46,450, ranking 16 of 49 states and sitting about 2.92% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Psychiatric technicians ranks 359 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,450 the take-home is $39,503; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,733 would nationally. The average comes to $47,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada's median for psychiatric technicians is $46,450, about 2.92% above the national figure and 16 of 49 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 359 of 485 in Nevada places psychiatric technicians 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 psychiatric technicians in Nevada, on $46,450, is $39,503 — equivalent to $40,733 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 $47,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Psychiatric Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,250 |
| This salary | $46,450 |
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 | $39,503 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,503 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$82 |
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 | $46,450 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$99 |
| 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 psychiatric technicians in Nevada earn under $46,450 and half over. The published range runs $38,480 at the tenth percentile to $56,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $39,503, worked from $46,450. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 359 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,733 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 359.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatric technicians in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,480 to $56,250; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $39,503, on $46,450 for work ranking 359 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 359 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,733, worked from $46,450, 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 359 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,480 and the top tenth $56,250, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,733 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,503 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,480 to $56,250) 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 $40,733 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 $39,503 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.