Software Developers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$99,308
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$29,502
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,400
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
$128,810
Kept after tax
$99,308
Worth in national money
$102,400
State rank
24
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 24 of 50 states for software developers, with a middle wage of $128,810. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Nevada this is well-paid work. Of 485 occupations with published figures in the state, software developers ranks 19 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $128,810 the take-home is $99,308; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $102,400 would nationally. The average comes to $137,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 24 of 50 for software developers at $128,810. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Nevada publishes a median for, software developers sits 19 of 485 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for software developers in Nevada, on $128,810, is $99,308 — equivalent to $102,400 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 $137,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Software Developers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $128,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $194,470 |
| This salary | $128,810 |
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 | $99,308 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,308 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$205 |
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 | $128,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$292 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $128,810 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $73,990 and the ninetieth is $194,470 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $99,308 take-home in Nevada comes from $128,810. 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 19 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $102,400, the adjusted value of that $128,810 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 19 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $128,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $73,990 to $194,470. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $99,308, from $128,810, 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 19 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $102,400 — the adjusted value of that $128,810 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 19 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 $137,350, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $73,990 and the top tenth $194,470 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $102,400.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $99,308 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $137,350. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,990) and the ninetieth ($194,470) 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 $102,400 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 $99,308 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.