Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,768
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,192
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,412
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
$62,960
Kept after tax
$52,768
Worth in national money
$54,412
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $62,960, putting the state 2 of 50 — about 21.99% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 212.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $62,960 you keep $52,768 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $54,412 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $64,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- For separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,960, ranking 2 of 50 and running about 21.99% 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.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders sits at 212 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $52,768 after the full tax stack, from $62,960. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,412 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,240 |
| This salary | $62,960 |
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 | $52,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$109 |
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 | $62,960 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$132 |
| 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 $62,960. The published range is $41,840 up to $91,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $52,768, from $62,960, 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 212 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 $54,412 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 212.
- Reported values are medians; for separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,840 to $91,240. 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 $52,768 from $62,960. 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 212 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,412, worked from $62,960, 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 212 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,840 at the bottom tenth to $91,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $54,412 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,768 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,840) and the ninetieth ($91,240) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $54,412 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 $52,768 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.