Registered Nurses in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,762
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$21,908
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,308
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
$103,670
Kept after tax
$81,762
Worth in national money
$84,308
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for registered nurses is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $103,670, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 6.27% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, registered nurses comes in at 56 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $103,670 the take-home is $81,762; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $84,308 would nationally. The average comes to $105,710, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For registered nurses, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,670, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 6.27% 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.
- Registered nurses ranks 56 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for registered nurses in Nevada, on $103,670, is $81,762 — equivalent to $84,308 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 $105,710 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Registered Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,270 |
| This salary | $103,670 |
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 | $81,762 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,762 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$169 |
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 | $103,670 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$234 |
| 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 $103,670. The published range is $79,500 up to $133,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $81,762, from $103,670, 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 56 of 485 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $84,308, the adjusted value of that $103,670 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 56 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for registered nurses in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,500 to $133,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $81,762 from $103,670. 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 56 of 485 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $84,308 — the adjusted value of that $103,670 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 56 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $79,500 at the bottom tenth to $133,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $84,308.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $81,762 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($79,500 to $133,270) 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 $84,308 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 $81,762 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.