Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,484
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$14,626
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,492
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
$79,110
Kept after tax
$64,484
Worth in national money
$66,492
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $79,110, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 0.62% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 133.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $79,110 the take-home is $64,484; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $66,492 would nationally. The average comes to $88,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For stationary engineers and boiler operators, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,110, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 0.62% 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, stationary engineers and boiler operators sits at 133 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 stationary engineers and boiler operators in Nevada, on $79,110, is $64,484 — equivalent to $66,492 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 $88,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,400 |
| This salary | $79,110 |
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 | $64,484 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,484 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$133 |
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 | $79,110 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$184 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,110 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $76,510 and the ninetieth is $129,400 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $64,484, worked from $79,110. 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 133 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $66,492 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 133.
- The Nevada median of $79,110 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $76,510 to $129,400. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $64,484, on $79,110 for work ranking 133 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 133 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $66,492, worked from $79,110, 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 133 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 $88,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,510 at the tenth percentile, $129,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $66,492 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $64,484 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.
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 $88,360. 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 ($76,510 to $129,400) 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 $66,492 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 $64,484 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.