Reno, NV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Reno, NV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Reno, NV moved from $48,970 in May 2024 to $49,660 in May 2025 (+1.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Reno, NV sits -1.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Reno, NV
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $25,700 here versus $35,230 nationally (-27.1%; 4,220metro-area jobs). Next is Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers at $45,020 locally versus $39,150 nationally (+15.0%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$25,700 in Reno, NV sits 27.1% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (4,220 published local jobs).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$45,020 in Reno, NV sits 15.0% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (2,090 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$63,670 in Reno, NV sits 11.7% below the national Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products median of $72,080 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$107,520 in Reno, NV sits 10.2% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,850 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Reno, NV; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 39900 · Reno, NV $63K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #128/528
- RPP-MID 101.0
- OCC-MOST 498 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $349K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Champaign-Urbana…
- BOOK-FULL 481 rows · May 2025
Read with Champaign-Urbana, IL (+$1 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 Reno, NV
Employment scale inside Reno, NV's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Reno, NV's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,740 jobs · $133,470
- 2. Software Developers 1,200 jobs · $125,710
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 730 jobs · $167,900
- 4. Lawyers 630 jobs · $163,380
- 5. Pharmacists 440 jobs · $154,380
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 420 jobs · $137,360
- 7. Chief Executives 370 jobs · $124,300
- 8. Physicians, All Other 340 jobs · $349,200
- 9. Physician Assistants 300 jobs · $134,550
- 10. Human Resources Managers 300 jobs · $127,970
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 280 jobs · $160,900
- 12. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 280 jobs · $132,790
- 13. Dentists, General 230 jobs · $165,030
- 14. Computer Network Architects 150 jobs · $127,540
- 15. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $125,530
- 16. Social Workers, All Other 110 jobs · $154,040
- 17. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 110 jobs · $142,920
- 18. Database Architects 80 jobs · $170,390
Occupations Tracked
498
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,486
employment-weighted, 481 complete rows
Top Salary
$349,200
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
101.0
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Reno, NV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $349,200 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $228,200 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $217,420 |
| 4 | Database Architects | $170,390 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $167,900 |
| 6 | Dentists, General | $165,030 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $163,380 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,900 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $154,380 |
| 10 | Social Workers, All Other | $154,040 |
| 11 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $142,920 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $141,230 |
| 13 | Nurse Practitioners | $137,360 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $134,550 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $133,470 |
| 16 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $132,790 |
| 17 | Power Plant Operators | $129,020 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $127,970 |
| 19 | School Psychologists | $127,740 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $127,540 |
| 21 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $126,140 |
| 22 | Software Developers | $125,710 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $125,530 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $124,810 |
| 25 | Chief Executives | $124,300 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Reno, NV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $25,700 |
| Gambling Dealers | $25,720 |
| Bartenders | $25,770 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,030 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $26,320 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | $27,270 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,520 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,620 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $28,670 |
| Parking Attendants | $30,170 |
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 ($63,486 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 Reno, NV wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Reno, NV at $349,200/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $63,486 adjusts to about $62,849 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.0. 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.