Public Safety Telecommunicators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,422
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,618
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,992
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
$60,040
Kept after tax
$50,422
Worth in national money
$51,992
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,040, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 13.2% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 257 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $60,040 you keep $50,422, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $51,992 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $61,580, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for public safety telecommunicators, at $60,040 — about 13.2% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Public safety telecommunicators ranks 257 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for public safety telecommunicators on $60,040 is $50,422. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $51,992 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 $61,580 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Public Safety Telecommunicators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $87,240 |
| This salary | $60,040 |
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 | $50,422 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$104 |
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 | $60,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$126 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,040 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,170 and the ninetieth is $87,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $50,422, worked from $60,040. 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 257 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,992 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 257.
- The Nevada median of $60,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,170 to $87,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $50,422, on $60,040 for work ranking 257 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 257 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,992, worked from $60,040, 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 257 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $45,170 at the bottom tenth to $87,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,992 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,422 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,170 to $87,240) 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 $51,992 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 $50,422 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.