Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,443
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,867
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,045
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
$61,310
Kept after tax
$51,443
Worth in national money
$53,045
State rank
7
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 $61,310, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 23.38% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 238 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $61,310 the take-home is $51,443; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,045 would nationally. The average comes to $64,120, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for refuse and recyclable material collectors, at $61,310 — about 23.38% 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.
- Position 238 of 485 in Nevada places refuse and recyclable material collectors 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.
- Post-tax income for refuse and recyclable material collectors in Nevada, on $61,310, is $51,443 — equivalent to $53,045 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $64,120 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,950 |
| This salary | $61,310 |
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 | $51,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$106 |
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 | $61,310 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$129 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,310 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,030 and the ninetieth is $81,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $51,443 take-home in Nevada comes from $61,310. 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 238 of 485.
- Two cautions on $53,045, the adjusted value of that $61,310 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 238 of 485 locally.
- The Nevada median of $61,310 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,030 to $81,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $51,443, from $61,310, 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 238 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- This $53,045 adjusted figure, worked from $61,310, 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 238 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 238 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $64,120, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $48,030 at the bottom tenth to $81,950 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,045 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,443 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?
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 $64,120. 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 ($48,030 to $81,950) 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 $53,045 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 $51,443 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.