Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,845
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$5,075
13.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,837
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
$36,920
Kept after tax
$31,845
Worth in national money
$32,837
State rank
31
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Nevada pays this job around $36,920 at the midpoint, 31 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 485 occupations Nevada publishes, this job lands at 440. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $36,920 you keep $31,845, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $32,837 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $39,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers the Nevada median is $36,920, ranking 31 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Nevada, this work ranks 440 of 485 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers on $36,920 is $31,845. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $32,837 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $39,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,910 |
| This salary | $36,920 |
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 | $31,845 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,845 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$66 |
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 | $36,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$80 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,920 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,920 and the ninetieth is $47,910 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $31,845 take-home in Nevada comes from $36,920. 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 440 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,837, the adjusted value of that $36,920 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 440 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $36,920 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,920 to $47,910. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $31,845, from $36,920, 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 440 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $32,837 — the adjusted value of that $36,920 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 440 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 $39,200, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $35,920 at the bottom tenth to $47,910 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,837 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $31,845 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $39,200. 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 ($35,920 to $47,910) 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 $32,837 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 $31,845 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.