Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV moved from $45,120 in May 2024 to $46,670 in May 2025 (+3.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV sits +0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity publishes $90,460 here versus $59,050 nationally (+53.2%; 2,180metro-area jobs). Next is Substitute Teachers, Short-Term at $24,960 locally versus $41,670 nationally (-40.1%).
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$90,460 in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV sits 53.2% above the national Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity median of $59,050 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$24,960 in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV sits 40.1% below the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (5,920 published local jobs).
- Correctional Officers and Jailers$81,680 in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV sits 38.6% above the national Correctional Officers and Jailers median of $58,940 (2,270 published local jobs).
- Marketing Managers$106,090 in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV sits 36.4% below the national Marketing Managers median of $166,790 (2,640 published local jobs).
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29820 · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #191/528
- RPP-MID 100.2
- OCC-MOST 601 occs
- TOP-LEAD Orthopedic Sur… · $727K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fayetteville-Spr…
- BOOK-FULL 567 rows · May 2025
Read with Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR ($40 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North L…
Employment scale inside Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV's top-pay list
Lawyers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 5,480 jobs · $150,510
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,470 jobs · $166,090
- 3. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2,070 jobs · $204,340
- 4. Physicians, All Other 1,880 jobs · $248,400
- 5. Pharmacists 1,860 jobs · $136,250
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 1,390 jobs · $144,060
- 7. Dentists, General 780 jobs · $162,200
- 8. Chief Executives 750 jobs · $190,480
- 9. Computer Network Architects 750 jobs · $148,710
- 10. Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 410 jobs · $141,920
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 380 jobs · $166,310
- 12. Optometrists 310 jobs · $135,460
- 13. Family Medicine Physicians 260 jobs · $251,550
- 14. Air Traffic Controllers 170 jobs · $155,500
- 15. Actuaries 80 jobs · $163,350
- 16. Psychologists, All Other 70 jobs · $142,400
- 17. Power Distributors and Dispatchers 60 jobs · $138,300
- 18. Podiatrists 50 jobs · $205,010
Occupations Tracked
601
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,322
employment-weighted, 567 complete rows
Top Salary
$726,990
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
100.2
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $726,990 |
| 2 | Dermatologists | $419,410 |
| 3 | Physicians, Pathologists | $384,550 |
| 4 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $332,670 |
| 5 | Surgeons, All Other | $326,510 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $251,550 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $248,400 |
| 8 | Podiatrists | $205,010 |
| 9 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $204,340 |
| 10 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $190,690 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $190,480 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,310 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,090 |
| 14 | Actuaries | $163,350 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $162,200 |
| 16 | Air Traffic Controllers | $155,500 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $150,510 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $148,710 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $144,060 |
| 20 | Psychologists, All Other | $142,400 |
| 21 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $141,920 |
| 22 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | $138,300 |
| 23 | Emergency Management Directors | $136,510 |
| 24 | Pharmacists | $136,250 |
| 25 | Optometrists | $135,460 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $24,960 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $24,960 |
| Gambling Dealers | $25,690 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $27,110 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $27,710 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,290 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $28,530 |
| Recreation Workers | $28,850 |
| Tutors | $29,140 |
| Cashiers | $29,360 |
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 ($60,322 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV wage figures in a real decision
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric leads published medians in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV at $726,990/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,322 adjusts to about $60,193 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.2. 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.