Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

Across all occupations in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area, the median wage is $46,670 a year ($22.44 an hour) and the mean $60,800, May 2025. That median is −8% against the US median of $50,980 and −2% against Nevada's $47,660. BLS counts 1,136,960 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric; the largest is waiters and waitresses.

All occupations: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV vs Nevada and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, Nevada and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	Hourly	$13.41	$17.06	$22.44	$33.82	$50.19	$29.23	1,136,960
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	Annual	$27,890	$35,490	$46,670	$70,350	$104,400	$60,800	1,136,960
Nevada	Hourly	$13.59	$17.38	$22.91	$35.65	$51.00	$29.83	1,551,540
Nevada	Annual	$28,270	$36,150	$47,660	$74,140	$106,080	$62,050	1,551,540
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

605 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Nevada. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$726,990	$349.52	**
2	Dermatologists	$419,410	$201.64	**
3	Physicians, Pathologists	$384,550	$184.88	30
4	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$332,670	$159.94	**
5	Surgeons, All Other	$326,510	$156.98	**
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$251,550	$120.94	260
7	Physicians, All Other	$248,400	$119.43	1,880
8	Podiatrists	$205,010	$98.56	50
9	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$204,340	*	2,070
10	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$190,690	$91.68	40
11	Chief Executives	$190,480	$91.58	750
12	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$166,310	$79.96	380
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Nevada	$166,090	$79.85	2,470
14	Actuaries	$163,350	$78.54	80
15	Dentists, General	$162,200	$77.98	780
16	Air Traffic Controllers	$155,500	$74.76	170
17	Lawyers in Nevada	$150,510	$72.36	5,480
18	Computer Network Architects	$148,710	$71.49	750
19	Nurse Practitioners	$144,060	$69.26	1,390
20	Psychologists, All Other	$142,400	$68.46	70

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Waiters and Waitresses in Nevada	36,160	31.80	2.18	$27,110
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Nevada	36,150	31.79	1.28	$31,950
3	Retail Salespersons in Nevada	33,760	29.70	1.18	$33,720
4	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Nevada	29,590	26.03	1.37	$38,940
5	General and Operations Managers in Nevada	27,290	24.00	1.07	$97,290
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Nevada	26,480	23.29	1.64	$39,310
7	Customer Service Representatives in Nevada	25,290	22.25	1.33	$39,560
8	Security Guards in Nevada	23,800	20.93	2.54	$37,210
9	Cooks, Restaurant in Nevada	22,530	19.81	2.19	$38,800
10	Cashiers in Nevada	21,930	19.29	0.97	$29,360
11	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Nevada	20,800	18.30	3.31	$48,140
12	Stockers and Order Fillers in Nevada	20,780	18.28	1.00	$36,700
13	Registered Nurses in Nevada	20,410	17.95	0.83	$103,940
14	Gambling Dealers	15,530	13.66	25.31	$25,690
15	Office Clerks, General in Nevada	15,030	13.22	0.83	$43,160
16	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Nevada	14,580	12.82	0.46	$33,640
17	Bartenders in Nevada	13,730	12.08	2.48	$33,750
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Nevada	11,180	9.83	1.00	$51,910
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Nevada	11,110	9.77	1.06	$62,530
20	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Nevada	11,080	9.74	0.89	$46,040

Most concentrated occupations in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Gambling Dealers	25.31	15,530	13.66	$25,690
2	First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	25.04	4,760	4.19	$67,320
3	Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	18.11	1,190	1.04	$38,390
4	Gambling Cage Workers	15.61	1,650	1.45	$38,900
5	Gambling Managers	15.27	560	0.49	$94,580
6	Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	14.77	2,320	2.04	$33,030
7	Gambling Service Workers, All Other	13.50	1,400	1.23	$40,520
8	Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other	13.30	1,610	1.42	*
9	Taxi Drivers	9.85	2,960	2.60	$44,800
10	Baggage Porters and Bellhops	9.80	2,040	1.80	$37,260

Occupation groups in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$101,840	$129,390	78,100	68.69	0.96
Legal	$100,950	$148,150	9,660	8.49	1.01
Architecture and Engineering	$97,030	$100,350	9,940	8.75	0.52
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$95,780	$101,420	56,290	49.51	0.78
Computer and Mathematical	$91,300	$98,740	21,000	18.47	0.55
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$81,090	$86,070	5,420	4.77	0.50
Business and Financial Operations	$76,980	$84,050	52,050	45.78	0.68
Community and Social Service	$60,770	$63,970	11,740	10.32	0.60
Construction and Extraction	$60,670	$67,660	58,320	51.30	1.24
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,290	$62,740	40,410	35.54	0.91
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$58,430	$69,790	17,680	15.55	1.18
Educational Instruction and Library	$54,980	$57,460	42,240	37.15	0.63
Office and Administrative Support	$45,570	$48,290	137,910	121.30	1.06
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$43,880	$43,310	60,150	52.91	1.81
Protective Service	$43,180	$52,890	42,820	37.67	1.55
Production	$41,620	$47,320	30,180	26.54	0.48
Transportation and Material Moving	$39,550	$49,770	105,450	92.75	1.05
Healthcare Support	$37,170	$40,670	36,520	32.12	0.63
Sales and Related	$36,760	$47,530	100,470	88.37	1.02
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$34,680	$37,020	570	0.51	0.18
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$34,580	$38,280	167,090	146.96	1.67
Personal Care and Service	$32,700	$41,410	52,930	46.55	2.22

Every occupation in Nevada, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 605 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV estimates (area 29820).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.