School Bus Monitors in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,666
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$3,564
12.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,466
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
$29,230
Kept after tax
$25,666
Worth in national money
$26,466
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for school bus monitors is on the low side in Nevada. The middle earner gets $29,230. That is 41 of 50 states, and about 16.72% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, school bus monitors lands at 478. 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 $29,230 you keep $25,666, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $26,466 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $32,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For school bus monitors, Nevada sits in the lower band at $29,230, ranking 41 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 16.72%. 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 478 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 school bus monitors on $29,230 is $25,666. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $26,466 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 $32,230 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: School Bus Monitors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $40,260 |
| This salary | $29,230 |
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 | $25,666 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,666 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$53 |
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 | $29,230 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$64 |
| 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 school bus monitors in Nevada earn under $29,230 and half over. The published range runs $25,130 at the tenth percentile to $40,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $25,666, from $29,230, 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 478 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $26,466 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 478.
- Figures are distribution medians for school bus monitors in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $25,130 to $40,260; 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 $25,666 from $29,230. 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 478 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $26,466, worked from $29,230, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Nevada address, on work sitting at 478 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 $32,230, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $25,130 and the top tenth $40,260, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $26,466 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $25,666 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $32,230. 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 ($25,130 to $40,260) 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 $26,466 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 $25,666 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.