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State profile · NCES F-33 FY2023

Teacher Salary in Nevada

Nevada sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $81,933 (#12 of 49). According to the NCES Common Core of Data finance survey, estimated teacher pay and per-pupil spending are available for every public school district in Nevada.

$81,933
Est. state avg salary

Well above benchmark

+16.6%
vs national
#12
National rank
17
Districts

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$81,933/year (est.)

Nevada sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $81,933 (#12 of 49). Estimated average teacher salary is $81,933, meaningfully above the national average of $70,245, ranking #12 of 49, across 15 public school districts with reliable data (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third estimated pay: Nevada sits in the highest third of reporting jurisdictions at $81,933 (#12 of 49).
  • upper third nationally (#12 of 49)
  • Nevada ranks #12 of 49 on the salary estimate and #34 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • $81,061 spread between its highest- and lowest-paying districts
  • +16.6% vs the national average
  • +26.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (balanced cohort, not the FTE average above)
  • #15 of 49 purchasing-power-adjusted (BEA RPP 97.9)

Nevada sits in the upper third for estimated pay

Across 15 reliable-salary districts, the average estimate is $81,933: #12 of 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate, and 16.6% above the national benchmark of $70,245.

The rank compares the same F-33-derived district measure nationwide. It does not include benefits, experience steps, taxes, or local living costs; use it as a relative state placement rather than an exact paycheck.

Nevada purchasing-power check on upper-third pay

Nevada's nominal average teacher salary ranks #12 of the 49 states and territories that report teacher salaries. Adjusted by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis's 2023 Regional Price Parity (97.9, US = 100, a relative state-level price-level index, not a district or metro cost-of-living figure), the estimate becomes $81,712, ranking #15 of 49 , 3 places lower than the nominal rank once relative price levels are factored in. This purchasing-power view is not published by NEA's teacher-pay rankings or the aggregator sites; it comes from combining our own F-33-derived salary estimate with BEA's public RPP series. See the full 51-state release for methodology and download. BEA Regional Price Parities · NCES CCD F-33

Nevada in the teacher-salary distribution

FY2023 estimated state averages from the same NCES-derived ranking

$81,933 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49 reporting states and territories

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Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey; state estimates derived from reported instructional-salary expenditure and teacher FTE · FY2023

Nevada's comparable salary trend

Same reporting-district cohort, FY2019-FY2023

FY2023 estimated average
$59,767 26.208598615502687% vs FY2019
16 districts held in the panel
$45,000$50,000$55,000$60,000$65,000 FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 Nevada est. avg teacher salary, FY2019: $47,355Nevada est. avg teacher salary, FY2020: $48,599Nevada est. avg teacher salary, FY2021: $52,366Nevada est. avg teacher salary, FY2022: $60,411Nevada est. avg teacher salary, FY2023: $59,767 $47,355 $59,767 ▲ +26.2%
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Period Nevada est. avg teacher salary
FY2019 $47,355
FY2020 $48,599
FY2021 $52,366
FY2022 $60,411
FY2023 $59,767

Highest-paying districts in Nevada

Estimated average teacher salary, enrolling districts (200+ students)

Est. avg salary

What this shows Mineral County School District leads Nevada on the F-33 instructional-salary estimate. Service entities (CTCs, county offices) are excluded, their enrollment-based ratios are not reliable salary figures.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

Top 3 districts

1 $143,149

Mineral County School District

Est. avg teacher salary
2 $124,211

White Pine County School District

Est. avg teacher salary
3 $97,716

Lincoln County School District

Est. avg teacher salary

Districts by Estimated Teacher Salary

District Est. Avg Salary Enrollment Per-Pupil Exp
Mineral County School District $143,149 608 $18,786
White Pine County School District $124,211 1,307 $17,620
Lincoln County School District $97,716 958 $17,689
Lander County School District $87,032 1,059 $15,249
Eureka County School District $86,438 333 $41,333
Clark County School District $84,814 309,787 $13,363
Nye County School District $74,461 5,842 $14,513
Churchill County School District $74,318 3,342 $13,290
Elko County School District $68,256 10,161 $14,249
Humboldt County School District $68,180 3,311 $14,964
Pershing County School District $65,217 663 $22,035
Douglas County School District $65,200 5,312 $12,976
Lyon County School District $64,224 9,053 $13,319
Washoe County School District $63,687 64,442 $14,874
Carson City School District $62,087 7,654 $15,074

Specialized non-enrolling agencies (career/technical centers, county offices, service co-ops) are excluded from the salary ranking, their enrollment-based estimates are not reliable.

Nationwide peers near Nevada's smaller K-12 scale

Two nationwide peer sets for Nevada: closest on estimated average teacher salary ($81,933 here) and closest on total student enrollment (424,336 here). Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not geographic containment.

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other states by unweighted district-mean teacher pay (F-33 derived, ≥5 districts with reliable estimates).

Similar enrollment

Nearest other states by NCES-reported K-12 enrollment. Salary peers above are excluded.

Compare Nearby-Ranked States

Massachusetts
$84,560
Rank #9
Maryland
$84,383
Rank #10
Pennsylvania
$82,070
Rank #11
Ohio
$80,477
Rank #13

Data: NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey + Staff Universe Survey, FY2023. Salary figures divide instructional expenditure (variable Z33) by each district's reported teacher FTE, or an estimated FTE for the small minority with no reported figure. Not individual salary data. Read our methodology.

Nevada teacher salary FAQ

What is the average teacher salary in Nevada?

Across 15 Nevada public school districts with reliable data, the average teacher salary is $81,933 (NCES CCD F-33 reported teacher salaries divided by CCD Staff Universe Survey teacher headcounts, FY2023). It is a district-level mean derived from finance filings, so it will not match a contract-salary survey exactly, read it as a relative comparison.

Which Nevada school district pays teachers the most?

Mineral County School District reports the highest average teacher salary in Nevada at $143,149, while Carson City School District sits at the lower end at $62,087.

How does Nevada teacher pay compare to the national average?

Nevada's average of $81,933 is meaningfully above the national average of $70,245 (+16.6%), ranking #12 of the 49 jurisdictions with a reliable district estimate.

How many school districts are in Nevada?

Nevada has 17 public school districts in the NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, together serving 424,248 students.

How much do teachers make in Nevada?

District-average teacher pay in Nevada runs from $62,087 in Carson City School District to $143,149 in Mineral County School District, with 2 of 15 reliable-data districts at $100,000 or above. Where a teacher lands depends far more on which district employs them than on the statewide figure. These are district-wide averages from NCES CCD F-33 (FY2023), not individual salaries or pay-scale steps.

Can teachers earn $100,000 in Nevada?

2 of 15 Nevada districts with reliable data report an estimated average teacher salary of $100,000 or more, led by Mineral County School District at $143,149. This is a district-wide average, not an individual salary, step, or years-of-experience figure.

How does Nevada rank after adjusting for cost of living?

Within the separate enrollment-weighted state comparison, BEA's 2023 Regional Price Parity (97.9, US=100) adjusts Nevada's nominal estimate of $79,964 from #15 to $81,712 and #15. The headline uses an unweighted district mean, so this does not replace it. Neither measure is take-home pay, taxes, or district/metro cost of living.

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Disclaimer & data sources

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainTeacher for Nevada