Tool and Die Makers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,475
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$9,875
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,078
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
$61,350
Kept after tax
$51,475
Worth in national money
$53,078
State rank
28
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 28 of 45 states for tool and die makers, with a middle wage of $61,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 237 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 $61,350 the take-home is $51,475; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,078 would nationally. The average comes to $65,880, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada ranks 28 of 45 for tool and die makers at $61,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Tool and die makers ranks 237 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 tool and die makers in Nevada, on $61,350, is $51,475 — equivalent to $53,078 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 $65,880 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tool and Die Makers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,560 |
| This salary | $61,350 |
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 | $51,475 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,475 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$107 |
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 | $61,350 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$129 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,350 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,580 and the ninetieth is $81,560 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Nevada the take-home figure of $51,475, from $61,350, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 237 of 485 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,078 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 237.
- The Nevada median of $61,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,580 to $81,560. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Nevada is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,475 from $61,350. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 237 of 485 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,078, worked from $61,350, 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 237 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 $65,880, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,580 and the top tenth $81,560, so most people doing this work in Nevada sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $53,078.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $51,475 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $65,880. 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 ($46,580 to $81,560) 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 $53,078 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 $51,475 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.