Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,157
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,753
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,248
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
$82,910
Kept after tax
$67,157
Worth in national money
$69,248
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $82,910 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 111 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 $82,910 you keep $67,157, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $69,248 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $88,620, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For radiologic technologists and technicians the Nevada median is $82,910, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nevada, radiologic technologists and technicians ranks 111 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 radiologic technologists and technicians on $82,910 is $67,157. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $69,248 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 $88,620 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $121,700 |
| This salary | $82,910 |
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 | $67,157 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,157 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$139 |
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 | $82,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$192 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,910 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,710 and the ninetieth is $121,700 — 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 $67,157, worked from $82,910. 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 111 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,248, the adjusted value of that $82,910 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 111 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $82,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,710 to $121,700. 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 $67,157, on $82,910 for work ranking 111 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 111 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $69,248 — the adjusted value of that $82,910 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 111 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $88,620, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,710 at the tenth percentile, $121,700 at the ninetieth.
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 $69,248 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $67,157 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.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $88,620. 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 ($65,710 to $121,700) 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 $69,248 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 $67,157 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.