Tax Preparers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,390
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,610
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,959
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
$60,000
Kept after tax
$50,390
Worth in national money
$51,959
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tax preparers is strong here. Nevada's middle earner gets $60,000, putting the state 11 of 48 — about 9.25% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 258.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,000 you keep $50,390 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $51,959 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $69,450, since top earners drag the number up.
- For tax preparers, Nevada sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,000, ranking 11 of 48 and running about 9.25% 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, tax preparers sits at 258 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.
- Retained pay in Nevada is $50,390 after the full tax stack, from $60,000. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $51,959 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $69,450 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tax Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,500 |
| This salary | $60,000 |
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 | $50,390 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,390 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$104 |
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 | $60,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$126 |
| 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 $60,000. The published range is $41,900 up to $99,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,390 take-home in Nevada comes from $60,000. 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 258 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $51,959 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 258.
- Reported values are medians; for tax preparers in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,900 to $99,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,390, from $60,000, 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 258 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $51,959, worked from $60,000, 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 258 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $69,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,900 at the bottom tenth to $99,500 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $51,959 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $50,390 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $69,450. 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 ($41,900) and the ninetieth ($99,500) 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 $51,959 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 $50,390 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.