Tour and Travel Guides in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,806
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,554
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,858
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
$39,360
Kept after tax
$33,806
Worth in national money
$34,858
State rank
18
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for tour and travel guides. The median is $39,360, ranking 18 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Nevada, this one sits low: 406 of 485 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $39,360 the take-home is $33,806; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $34,858 would nationally. The average lands at $39,300, below the middle of the range.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for tour and travel guides: a median of $39,360, ranking 18 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Tour and travel guides occupies position 406 of 485 in Nevada's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for tour and travel guides in Nevada, on $39,360, is $33,806 — equivalent to $34,858 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 $39,300 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tour and Travel Guides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,500 |
| This salary | $39,360 |
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 | $33,806 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,806 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$70 |
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 | $39,360 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$85 |
| 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 $39,360. The published range is $29,870 up to $50,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $33,806 take-home in Nevada comes from $39,360. 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 406 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,858, the adjusted value of that $39,360 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 406 of 485 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tour and travel guides in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $29,870 to $50,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $33,806, from $39,360, 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 406 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $34,858 — the adjusted value of that $39,360 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 406 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $29,870 at the bottom tenth to $50,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,858.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $33,806 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,870 to $50,500) 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 $34,858 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 $33,806 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.