Retail Salespersons in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,652
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$4,538
13.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,575
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
$34,190
Kept after tax
$29,652
Worth in national money
$30,575
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for retail salespersons. The median is $34,190, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 454 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,190 you keep $29,652, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $30,575 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $36,320, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for retail salespersons: a median of $34,190, ranking 29 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Retail salespersons occupies position 454 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for retail salespersons on $34,190 is $29,652. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $30,575 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 $36,320 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Retail Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $26,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,270 |
| This salary | $34,190 |
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 | $29,652 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,652 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$61 |
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 | $34,190 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$74 |
| 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 $34,190. The published range is $26,930 up to $47,270, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $29,652 take-home in Nevada comes from $34,190. 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 454 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,575, the adjusted value of that $34,190 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 454 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for retail salespersons in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $26,930 to $47,270. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $29,652, from $34,190, 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 454 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $30,575 — the adjusted value of that $34,190 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 454 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $36,320 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $26,930 at the bottom tenth to $47,270 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $30,575 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $29,652 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.
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 $36,320. 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 ($26,930 to $47,270) 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 $30,575 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 $29,652 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.