Carson City, NV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Carson City, NV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Carson City, NV moved from $51,830 in May 2024 to $56,680 in May 2025 (+9.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Carson City, NV sits +6.3 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 16180 · Carson City, NV $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #71/528
- RPP-MID 98.1
- OCC-THIN 174 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $257K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-AHEAD +6.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Barnstable Town,…
- BOOK-MOST 173 rows · May 2025
Read with Barnstable Town, MA ($71 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Carson City, NV
Employment scale inside Carson City, NV's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Registered Nurses lead published employment inside Carson City, NV's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 890 jobs · $103,160
- 2. Registered Nurses 820 jobs · $101,370
- 3. Administrative Services Managers 220 jobs · $107,310
- 4. Financial Managers 210 jobs · $126,730
- 5. Managers, All Other 210 jobs · $104,310
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $124,500
- 7. Lawyers 170 jobs · $142,500
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $129,600
- 9. Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 110 jobs · $131,210
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $149,500
- 11. Software Developers 90 jobs · $130,500
- 12. Mechanical Engineers 90 jobs · $101,690
- 13. Construction Managers 80 jobs · $103,890
- 14. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $163,990
- 15. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $125,280
- 16. Dental Hygienists 60 jobs · $121,500
- 17. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 60 jobs · $120,080
- 18. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 60 jobs · $118,340
Occupations Tracked
174
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,160
employment-weighted, 173 complete rows
Top Salary
$257,310
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
98.1
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Carson City, NV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $257,310 |
| 2 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $163,990 |
| 3 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $149,500 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $142,500 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $136,110 |
| 6 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,180 |
| 7 | Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers | $131,210 |
| 8 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $130,500 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $129,600 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $126,730 |
| 11 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $125,280 |
| 12 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $124,500 |
| 13 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $123,300 |
| 14 | Dental Hygienists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,500 |
| 15 | Physical Therapists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,810 |
| 16 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $120,080 |
| 17 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $118,340 |
| 18 | Administrative Services Managers | $107,310 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $104,310 |
| 20 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,890 |
| 21 | General and Operations Managers | $103,160 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,610 |
| 23 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $101,690 |
| 24 | Registered Nurses | $101,370 |
| 25 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $100,480 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Carson City, NV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $26,250 |
| Driver/Sales Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $26,330 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,670 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,100 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $27,400 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,410 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $28,790 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $29,070 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $30,010 |
| Animal Caretakers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $30,160 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($67,160 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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.
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How to use Carson City, NV wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Carson City, NV at $257,310/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $67,160 adjusts to about $68,440 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NV before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro 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.