Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,825
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,695
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,533
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
$65,520
Kept after tax
$54,825
Worth in national money
$56,533
State rank
26
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 26 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $65,520. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 194 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,520 you keep $54,825, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $56,533 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $68,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 26 of 51 for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education at $65,520. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 194 of 485 in Nevada places secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education on $65,520 is $54,825. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $56,533 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 $68,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,190 |
| This salary | $65,520 |
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 | $54,825 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,825 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$113 |
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 | $65,520 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$137 |
| 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 $65,520. The published range is $54,850 up to $83,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $54,825 take-home in Nevada comes from $65,520. 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 194 of 485.
- Two cautions on $56,533, the adjusted value of that $65,520 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 194 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,850 to $83,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $54,825, from $65,520, 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 194 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 51 for it.
- This $56,533 adjusted figure, worked from $65,520, 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 194 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 194 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $68,570, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $54,850 and the top tenth $83,190, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $56,533 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $54,825 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?
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 $68,570. 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 ($54,850 to $83,190) 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 $56,533 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 $54,825 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.