Real Estate Sales Agents in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,103
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,887
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,130
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
$79,990
Kept after tax
$65,103
Worth in national money
$67,130
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for real estate sales agents is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $79,990, putting the state 5 of 48 — about 51.41% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Real estate sales agents ranks 127 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,990 you keep $65,103, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,130 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,470, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For real estate sales agents, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,990, ranking 5 of 48 and running about 51.41% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 127 of 485 in Nevada places real estate sales agents 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for real estate sales agents on $79,990 is $65,103. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,130 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 $83,470 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Real Estate Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $153,680 |
| This salary | $79,990 |
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 | $65,103 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,103 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$135 |
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 | $79,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$186 |
| 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 $79,990. The published range is $28,340 up to $153,680, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $65,103 take-home in Nevada comes from $79,990. 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 127 of 485.
- Two cautions on $67,130, the adjusted value of that $79,990 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 127 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for real estate sales agents in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $28,340 to $153,680. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $65,103, from $79,990, 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 127 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 48 for it.
- This $67,130 adjusted figure, worked from $79,990, 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 127 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 127 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 $83,470, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $28,340 and the top tenth $153,680 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,130 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,103 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 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $83,470. 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 ($28,340) and the ninetieth ($153,680) 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 $67,130 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 $65,103 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.