Surgical Technologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,930
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,550
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,859
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
$75,480
Kept after tax
$61,930
Worth in national money
$63,859
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for surgical technologists. The middle earner takes $75,480, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.75% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Surgical technologists ranks 153 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $75,480 the take-home is $61,930; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $63,859 would nationally. The average lands at $74,880, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for surgical technologists, at $75,480 — about 16.75% 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.
- Position 153 of 485 in Nevada places surgical technologists in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for surgical technologists in Nevada, on $75,480, is $61,930 — equivalent to $63,859 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 $74,880 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Surgical Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,430 |
| This salary | $75,480 |
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 | $61,930 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,930 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$128 |
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 | $75,480 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$177 |
| 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 surgical technologists in Nevada earn under $75,480 and half over. The published range runs $48,330 at the tenth percentile to $102,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,930 take-home in Nevada comes from $75,480. 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 153 of 485.
- Two cautions on $63,859, the adjusted value of that $75,480 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 153 of 485 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for surgical technologists in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,330 to $102,430; 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.
- Retained pay of $61,930, from $75,480, 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 153 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $63,859 adjusted figure, worked from $75,480, 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 153 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 153 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,330 and the top tenth $102,430, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $63,859 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $61,930 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?
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 ($48,330 to $102,430) 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 $63,859 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 $61,930 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.