Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area Salaries

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area

Cashiers publishes $29,580 here versus $32,880 nationally (-10.0%; 2,540metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,160 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-9.7%).

  1. Cashiers$29,580 in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area sits 10.0% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,540 published local jobs).
  2. Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,160 in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area sits 9.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,100 published local jobs).
  3. General and Operations Managers$95,990 in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area sits 9.2% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,090 published local jobs).

Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 3200006 · Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $63K mean

MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-MID #134/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 327 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $294K
  • EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Virginia Beach-C…
  • BOOK-FULL 320 rows · May 2025

Read with Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ($33 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.

Published-row mean neighbourhood around Balance of Nevada nonmetrop…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KBalance of Nevada no… · this MSA: $63KBalance of Nevada no… · this…$63KVirginia Beach-Chesa… · near: $63KVirginia Beach-Chesa… · near$63KBoise City, ID · near: $63KBoise City, ID · near$63KNorthern New Hampshi… · near: $63KNorthern New Hampshi… · near$63KFargo, ND-MN · near: $63KFargo, ND-MN · near$63KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Balance of Nevada no… · this MSA $63K
Virginia Beach-Chesa… · near $63K
Boise City, ID · near $63K
Northern New Hampshi… · near $63K
Fargo, ND-MN · near $63K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Managers, All Other and Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers lead published employment inside Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Managers, All Other 430 jobs · $110,550
  2. 2. Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 360 jobs · $120,830
  3. 3. Construction Managers 350 jobs · $124,710
  4. 4. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 340 jobs · $113,290
  5. 5. Sales Managers 320 jobs · $189,550
  6. 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 230 jobs · $109,340
  7. 7. Lawyers 150 jobs · $137,920
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $139,030
  9. 9. Industrial Production Managers 120 jobs · $122,490
  10. 10. Physicians, All Other 110 jobs · $294,320
  11. 11. Dental Hygienists 110 jobs · $115,290
  12. 12. Engineers, All Other 110 jobs · $109,500
  13. 13. Computer Systems Analysts 100 jobs · $110,790
  14. 14. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 100 jobs · $110,590
  15. 15. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $145,590
  16. 16. Industrial Engineers 90 jobs · $112,080
  17. 17. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $132,880
  18. 18. Facilities Managers 80 jobs · $112,260

Occupations Tracked

327

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$63,335

employment-weighted, 320 complete rows

Top Salary

$294,320

Physicians, All Other

Top-pay occupations in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Managers, All Other $110,550
2 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers $120,830
3 Construction Managers $124,710
4 Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians $113,290
5 Sales Managers $189,550
6 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $109,340
7 Lawyers $137,920
8 Computer and Information Systems Managers $139,030
9 Industrial Production Managers $122,490
10 Physicians, All Other $294,320
11 Dental Hygienists $115,290
12 Engineers, All Other $109,500
13 Computer Systems Analysts $110,790
14 Network and Computer Systems Administrators $110,590
15 Pharmacists $145,590
16 Industrial Engineers $112,080
17 Human Resources Managers $132,880
18 Facilities Managers $112,260
19 Physician Assistants $132,210
20 Architectural and Engineering Managers $161,560
21 Dentists, General $160,770
22 Nurse Practitioners $136,140
23 Crane and Tower Operators $109,360
24 Veterinarians $126,030
25 Transportation Inspectors $119,040

Lowest Paying Jobs in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area

Other BLS Wage Areas in NV

Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.

Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside NV. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($63,335 here) and summed published employment.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area?
BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 320 published occupation means with employment estimates is $63,335/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 327 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $134,245, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $294,320/year. The second highest is Sales Managers at $189,550/year.
What jobs pay the least in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area is Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop with a median salary of $25,520/year according to BLS data.
Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from?
Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

Related federal data

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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