Nevada · BLS May 2025

High School Teacher Salary in Nevada

Also called secondary school teacher. BLS records this occupation as Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education” (SOC 25-2031).

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 8,920 secondary school teachers working in Nevada. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Nevada

$65,520A year. BLS publishes no hourly wage for this occupation.
Take-home a month$4,569After federal and FICA tax at 16.3%
Worth at national prices$65,534Prices here sit at 100 against 100
Against the nation9.1% belowNational median $72,040
What secondary school teachers earn in Nevada, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$54,850Not published
25th percentile$54,850Not published
MedianHalf earn more, half less$65,520Not published
75th percentile$83,190Not published
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$83,190Not published
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$68,570Not published
How we got this
  1. Median wage in NevadaBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of secondary school teachers earned more than this, half less.$65,520
  2. Take-home after federal and FICA tax$4,569 a month at an effective rate of 16.3%.$54,825 a year
  3. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Nevada sit at 100 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$65,534
  4. Against the national medianThe national median is $72,040.9.1% below
  5. Jobs countedA concentration of 0.84 against the nation's 1.00.8,920
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • BLS publishes only an annual wage for this occupation, because a standard 2,080-hour year would misdescribe it.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

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What lands in the bank

A $65,520 salary in Nevada, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $5,682 a year.
  • State income tax. Nevada levies no state income tax on wages.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $5,012 a year.
  • Left over. $54,825 a year, $4,569 a month, an effective rate of 16.3%.

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What $65,520 is worth in Nevada

Prices in Nevada sit at 100 against a national average of 100, so $65,520 earned here buys what $65,534 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 114.1 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Nevada takes in $78,260, so this occupation's median is 0.84 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 16% less concentrated in Nevada than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

High School Teacher pay in Nevada, answered

How much does a high school teacher make in Nevada?

The median wage for high school teachers in Nevada is $65,520 a year.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for a high school teacher in Nevada?

On the median wage of $65,520, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $54,825 a year, or roughly $4,569 a month.

That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 16.3%.

Nevada levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.

Do high school teachers earn more in Nevada than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in Nevada is 9.1% below the national median of $72,040.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Nevada sit at 100 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $65,520 a good salary in Nevada?

It is 0.84 times the median household income of $78,260. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Nevada run at 100 against a national average of 100, with rents at 114.1, so $65,520 here buys about what $65,534 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid high school teachers earn in Nevada?

The top tenth earn $83,190 a year or more, against $54,850 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Nevada someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many high school teachers are there in Nevada?

The survey counted 8,920 of these jobs in Nevada for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 16% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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