Structural Iron and Steel Workers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,407
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,103
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,039
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
$62,510
Kept after tax
$52,407
Worth in national money
$54,039
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 27 of 50 states for structural iron and steel workers, with a middle wage of $62,510. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 219 of 485 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,510 the take-home is $52,407; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $54,039 would nationally. The average comes to $73,740, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 27 of 50 for structural iron and steel workers at $62,510. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Structural iron and steel workers ranks 219 of 485 occupations in Nevada by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for structural iron and steel workers in Nevada, on $62,510, is $52,407 — equivalent to $54,039 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 $73,740 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Structural Iron and Steel Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,770 |
| This salary | $62,510 |
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 | $52,407 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,407 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$108 |
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 | $62,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$131 |
| 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 structural iron and steel workers in Nevada earn under $62,510 and half over. The published range runs $46,560 at the tenth percentile to $103,770 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 $52,407, worked from $62,510. 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 219 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $54,039, the adjusted value of that $62,510 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 219 of 485 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for structural iron and steel workers in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,560 to $103,770; 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 $52,407, on $62,510 for work ranking 219 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 219 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $54,039 — the adjusted value of that $62,510 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 219 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 $73,740, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,560, the highest tenth $103,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $54,039.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,407 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $73,740. 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 ($46,560) and the ninetieth ($103,770) 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 $54,039 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 $52,407 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.