Respiratory Therapists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,965
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$16,515
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,113
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
$85,480
Kept after tax
$68,965
Worth in national money
$71,113
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Nevada pays respiratory therapists a middle wage of $85,480, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 3.89% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 104 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $85,480 you keep $68,965 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,113 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $90,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada's median for respiratory therapists is $85,480, about 3.89% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Nevada, respiratory therapists ranks 104 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $68,965 after the full tax stack, from $85,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,113 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $90,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,710 |
| This salary | $85,480 |
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 | $68,965 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,965 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$143 |
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 | $85,480 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$197 |
| 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 $85,480. The published range is $65,150 up to $118,710, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $68,965, worked from $85,480. 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 104 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,113, the adjusted value of that $85,480 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 104 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for respiratory therapists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,150 to $118,710. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $68,965, on $85,480 for work ranking 104 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 104 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $71,113 — the adjusted value of that $85,480 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 104 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 $90,530, 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 $65,150 at the bottom tenth to $118,710 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 $71,113 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $68,965 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?
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 $90,530. 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 ($65,150 to $118,710) 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 $71,113 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 $68,965 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.