Speech-Language Pathologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,353
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$22,157
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$84,917
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
$104,510
Kept after tax
$82,353
Worth in national money
$84,917
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for speech-language pathologists. The middle earner takes $104,510, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.78% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 485 occupations Nevada reports, speech-language pathologists comes in at 52 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $104,510 you keep $82,353, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $84,917 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $103,870, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Nevada ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for speech-language pathologists, at $104,510 — about 6.78% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Speech-language pathologists ranks 52 of 485 occupations by median in Nevada, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for speech-language pathologists on $104,510 is $82,353. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $84,917 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 $103,870 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,520 |
| This salary | $104,510 |
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 | $82,353 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,353 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$170 |
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 | $104,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$235 |
| 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 $104,510. The published range is $63,180 up to $136,520, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $82,353 take-home in Nevada comes from $104,510. 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 52 of 485.
- Two cautions on $84,917, the adjusted value of that $104,510 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 52 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,180 to $136,520. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $82,353, from $104,510, 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 52 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $84,917 adjusted figure, worked from $104,510, 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 52 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 52 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,180 at the bottom tenth to $136,520 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $84,917 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $82,353 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,180 to $136,520) 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 $84,917 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 $82,353 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.