Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,535
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,645
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,108
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
$60,180
Kept after tax
$50,535
Worth in national money
$52,108
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $60,180, putting the state 7 of 49 — about 20.65% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 254.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,180 the take-home is $50,535; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,108 would nationally. The average lands at $54,900, below the middle of the range.
- For septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,180, ranking 7 of 49 and running about 20.65% 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, septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners sits at 254 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.
- Post-tax income for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Nevada, on $60,180, is $50,535 — equivalent to $52,108 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $54,900 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,810 |
| This salary | $60,180 |
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 | $50,535 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,535 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$105 |
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 | $60,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$126 |
| 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 septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Nevada earn under $60,180 and half over. The published range runs $45,510 at the tenth percentile to $64,810 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $50,535, worked from $60,180. 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 254 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,108, the adjusted value of that $60,180 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 254 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,510 to $64,810; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $50,535, on $60,180 for work ranking 254 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 254 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $52,108 — the adjusted value of that $60,180 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 254 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 $54,900, 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 $45,510 and the top tenth $64,810, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $52,108.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,535 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $54,900. 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 ($45,510 to $64,810) 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 $52,108 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 $50,535 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.