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.
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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