Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,719
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$13,461
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$63,641
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
$75,180
Kept after tax
$61,719
Worth in national money
$63,641
State rank
23
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for zoologists and wildlife biologists. The median is $75,180, ranking 23 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Zoologists and wildlife biologists ranks 155 among 485 occupations Nevada publishes pay for.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $75,180 you keep $61,719, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $63,641 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $79,540, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for zoologists and wildlife biologists: a median of $75,180, ranking 23 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 155 of 485 in Nevada places zoologists and wildlife biologists 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.
- After federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for zoologists and wildlife biologists on $75,180 is $61,719. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $63,641 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 $79,540 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $75,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $119,090 |
| This salary | $75,180 |
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 | $61,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,719 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$128 |
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 | $75,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$176 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $75,180 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,600 and the ninetieth is $119,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $61,719 take-home in Nevada comes from $75,180. 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 155 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $63,641 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 155.
- The Nevada median of $75,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,600 to $119,090. 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 $61,719, from $75,180, 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 155 of 485 locally, and the state ranks 23 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $63,641, worked from $75,180, 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 155 of 485 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $79,540, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $49,600 at the bottom tenth to $119,090 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $63,641 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $61,719 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 47 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 $79,540. 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 ($49,600) and the ninetieth ($119,090) 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 $63,641 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 $61,719 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.