Nevada state income tax: what you actually pay
Nevada has no individual income tax at all, so a single filer earning $100,000 owes the state nothing on wages, interest or retirement withdrawals. The same income costs $8,431 a year in Oregon, which is the most expensive state at this level.
Nevada is one of nine jurisdictions with no general individual income tax. Wages, interest and withdrawals from retirement accounts are untaxed at state level, which means the whole of your federal tax picture is the picture.
The practical consequence is that decisions priced by their marginal tax rate get cheaper here. A Roth conversion, a bonus, or realising a large capital gain costs you the federal rate and nothing more, where the same move in a high-tax state can add several percentage points on top.
Because Nevada taxes no income, the question here runs the other way: what a move INTO an income-taxing state would cost. At $100,000 that is up to $8,431 a year, every year, and it compounds against everything you would otherwise have invested. It is also worth knowing that states without an income tax usually collect more through property and sales tax, so the saving is smaller than the income-tax line alone suggests.
What these figures do not include, and any of them can change the answer for a specific household. Local income taxes, which some cities levy on top of the state, New York City and Philadelphia being the largest. Credits and exemptions beyond the standard deduction, which most states offer and which reduce the bill. Retirement-income exclusions, which are common and generous: several states exempt pension or retirement-account income entirely for older residents, so a retiree's real bill can be far below the schedule here. And the treatment of capital gains, which most states tax as ordinary income but a few do not.
A note on how these numbers are produced. They come from the published schedule for each state, stored with its source and re-derived from the publisher's own workbook rather than typed in by hand. That is deliberate: a transcribed tax table is a typo generator, and a typo in this kind of figure arrives wearing a citation.
Taxable income vs outcome
The same question at every taxable income, so you can use the one you believe.
| Taxable income | What Nevada charges, and what Oregon would |
|---|---|
| $60,000 | nothing, against $4,931 in Oregon |
| $100,000the figure quoted above | nothing, against $8,431 in Oregon |
| $150,000 | nothing, against $13,094 in Oregon |
| $250,000 | nothing, against $22,994 in Oregon |
Single filer, Nevada's own standard deduction applied, ordinary income only. Local income taxes, state credits and exemptions beyond the standard deduction, and retirement-income exclusions are not included. Rates are the published schedule for the current tax year.
Assumptions
- Taxable Income
- 100000
- State Tax
- 0
- Effective Rate Percent
- 0%
- Marginal Rate Percent
- 0%
- Top Statutory Rate Percent
- 0%
- State Standard Deduction
- 0
Frequently asked
How much state income tax will I pay in Nevada on $100k?
Nothing. Nevada does not levy a general individual income tax, so wages, interest and retirement withdrawals are untaxed at state level.
Does Nevada tax any income at all?
Not general income. Some states without an income tax still levy narrow taxes on specific things, and states in this group typically collect more through property and sales tax instead, so the absence of an income tax is not the absence of tax.
Would moving to a state with no income tax actually save me money?
You already live in one. The comparison worth running is the reverse: moving to an income-taxing state would cost up to $8,431 a year at this income.
Do these figures include city taxes?
No. Local income taxes are levied separately by some cities and counties, and they are not in these numbers. New York City and Philadelphia are the two that most often change the answer materially.
Does my state tax my retirement withdrawals?
These figures assume it does, which is the conservative reading. In practice many states exempt some or all retirement income for older residents, and a few exempt pensions entirely, so a retiree in a taxing state often pays considerably less than the schedule here implies.
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