Surveying and Mapping Technicians in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,418
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,372
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,957
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
$58,790
Kept after tax
$49,418
Worth in national money
$50,957
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada is one of the better-paying states for surveying and mapping technicians. The middle earner takes $58,790, which ranks 15 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 8.39% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Surveying and mapping technicians ranks 262 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $58,790 you keep $49,418 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $50,957 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $65,510, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 15 of 50 states publishing a median for surveying and mapping technicians, at $58,790 — about 8.39% 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 262 of 485 in Nevada places surveying and mapping technicians 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $49,418 after the full tax stack, from $58,790. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $50,957 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $65,510 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surveying and Mapping Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,420 |
| This salary | $58,790 |
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 | $49,418 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,418 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$102 |
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 | $58,790 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$124 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,790 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,960 and the ninetieth is $103,420 — 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 $49,418, worked from $58,790. 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 262 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $50,957, the adjusted value of that $58,790 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 262 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $58,790 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,960 to $103,420. 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 $49,418, on $58,790 for work ranking 262 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 262 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $50,957 — the adjusted value of that $58,790 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 262 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 $65,510, 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 $46,960 and the top tenth $103,420 — 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 $50,957.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,418 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $65,510. 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 ($46,960) and the ninetieth ($103,420) 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 $50,957 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 $49,418 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.