Psychiatrists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$156,314
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$53,716
25.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$161,182
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
$210,030
Kept after tax
$156,314
Worth in national money
$161,182
State rank
39
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Nevada pays psychiatrists a middle wage of $210,030, 39 of 46 states and about 25.49% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 3 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $210,030 you keep $156,314, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $161,182 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $203,980, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada's $210,030 median for psychiatrists places it 39 of 46 states, about 25.49% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Nevada, psychiatrists ranks 3 of 485 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for psychiatrists on $210,030 is $156,314. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $161,182 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 $203,980 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Psychiatrists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $100,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $210,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $377,600 |
| This salary | $210,030 |
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 | $156,314 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $156,314 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$323 |
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 | $210,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$427 |
| 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 psychiatrists in Nevada earn under $210,030 and half over. The published range runs $100,880 at the tenth percentile to $377,600 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 $156,314, worked from $210,030. 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 3 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $161,182 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 3.
- Figures are distribution medians for psychiatrists in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $100,880 to $377,600; 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 $156,314, on $210,030 for work ranking 3 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 3 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $161,182, worked from $210,030, 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 3 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $100,880, the highest tenth $377,600, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $161,182.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $156,314 of this wage reaches your account, because Nevada takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($100,880) and the ninetieth ($377,600) 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 $161,182 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 $156,314 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.