Recreation Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,406
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$3,744
12.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,228
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
$30,150
Kept after tax
$26,406
Worth in national money
$27,228
State rank
45
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for recreation workers is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $30,150. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 17.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, recreation workers lands at 471. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $30,150 you keep $26,406, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $27,228 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $34,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For recreation workers, Nevada sits in the lower band at $30,150, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 17.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Nevada, this work ranks 471 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for recreation workers on $30,150 is $26,406. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $27,228 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 $34,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Recreation Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,220 |
| This salary | $30,150 |
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 | $26,406 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,406 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$55 |
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 | $30,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$66 |
| 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 recreation workers in Nevada earn under $30,150 and half over. The published range runs $26,930 at the tenth percentile to $50,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $26,406, from $30,150, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 471 of 485 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $27,228, the adjusted value of that $30,150 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 471 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for recreation workers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $26,930 to $50,220; 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.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $26,406 from $30,150. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 471 of 485 locally.
- This $27,228 adjusted figure, worked from $30,150, 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 471 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 471 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 $34,780, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $26,930 at the bottom tenth to $50,220 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $27,228 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $26,406 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
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 $34,780. 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 ($26,930) and the ninetieth ($50,220) 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 $27,228 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 $26,406 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.