Average salary in Las Vegas: $60,800 a year
The mean annual wage across every job BLS counts in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area, with the median, the pay spread and the jobs behind it.
BLS reports occupational wages for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area (CBSA 29820), which includes Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas and surrounding communities. Figures describe that whole area, not Las Vegas city limits.
The average salary in the Las Vegas metro area is $60,800 a year ($29.23 an hour): that is the mean annual wage across 1,136,960 jobs in the BLS May 2025 survey. The median is $46,670 ($22.44 an hour), so half of those jobs paid less and half paid more. The mean sits above the median because a smaller number of very high wages pulls it up.
How Las Vegas compares with Nevada and the U.S.
The metro area's mean salary is $1,250 (2.0%) below the Nevada statewide figure of $62,050 and $8,970 (12.9%) below the U.S. figure of $69,770.
| Measure | Las Vegas metro | Nevada | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (average) salary | $60,800 | $62,050 | $69,770 |
| Median salary | $46,670 | $47,660 | $50,980 |
| Mean hourly wage | $29.23 | $29.83 | $33.54 |
| Median hourly wage | $22.44 | $22.91 | $24.51 |
| Jobs counted | 1,136,960 | 1,551,540 | 155,495,730 |
Prices matter as much as pay. BEA's regional price parity for the Las Vegas metro area in 2024 is 100.2, where the United States = 100: overall prices there were level with the national price level. A salary goes further where the index is lower.
What jobs in the Las Vegas area pay, from low to high
One job in ten in the metro area paid less than $27,890 a year, and one in ten paid more than $104,400. A quarter paid less than $35,490; a quarter paid more than $70,350.
| Area | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas metro | $27,890 | $35,490 | $46,670 | $70,350 | $104,400 |
| Nevada | $28,270 | $36,150 | $47,660 | $74,140 | $106,080 |
| United States | $31,200 | $37,590 | $50,980 | $80,520 | $128,560 |
Pay by job group in the Las Vegas area
The largest group in the Las Vegas area is food preparation and serving related, with 167,090 jobs (15% of the total, calculated). The best-paid group by median is management ($101,840); the lowest-paid is personal care and service ($32,700). Where BLS does not release a figure, the table says so.
| Job group | Jobs | Median salary | Mean (average) salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | 167,090 | $34,580 | $38,280 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 137,910 | $45,570 | $48,290 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | 105,450 | $39,550 | $49,770 |
| Sales and Related | 100,470 | $36,760 | $47,530 |
| Management | 78,100 | $101,840 | $129,390 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | 60,150 | $43,880 | $43,310 |
| Construction and Extraction | 58,320 | $60,670 | $67,660 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | 56,290 | $95,780 | $101,420 |
| Personal Care and Service | 52,930 | $32,700 | $41,410 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 52,050 | $76,980 | $84,050 |
| Protective Service | 42,820 | $43,180 | $52,890 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | 42,240 | $54,980 | $57,460 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | 40,410 | $59,290 | $62,740 |
| Healthcare Support | 36,520 | $37,170 | $40,670 |
| Production | 30,180 | $41,620 | $47,320 |
| Computer and Mathematical | 21,000 | $91,300 | $98,740 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | 17,680 | $58,430 | $69,790 |
| Community and Social Service | 11,740 | $60,770 | $63,970 |
| Architecture and Engineering | 9,940 | $97,030 | $100,350 |
| Legal | 9,660 | $100,950 | $148,150 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | 5,420 | $81,090 | $86,070 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 570 | $34,680 | $37,020 |
The occupations with the most jobs in the Las Vegas area
10 of the 12 largest occupations in the Las Vegas area with a published annual median paid a median below the all-jobs median of $46,670 (calculated from the BLS figures).
| Occupation | Jobs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | 36,160 | $27,110 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 36,150 | $31,950 |
| Retail Salespersons | 33,760 | $33,720 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 29,590 | $38,940 |
| General and Operations Managers | 27,290 | $97,290 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 26,480 | $39,310 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 25,290 | $39,560 |
| Security Guards | 23,800 | $37,210 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | 22,530 | $38,800 |
| Cashiers | 21,930 | $29,360 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 20,800 | $48,140 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 20,780 | $36,700 |
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How this page is built
Every pay figure is a BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimate for all occupations in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area (occupation code 00-0000), copied from BLS's data file; the job-group and occupation rows come from the same file. The average is BLS's mean wage (total wages divided by jobs); the median is the wage in the middle. OEWS wages are straight-time gross pay: they include commissions, tips, production bonuses and cost-of-living allowances, and leave out overtime premiums, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits. BLS turns hourly wages into annual ones at 2,080 hours (40 hours for 52 weeks). Ranks, differences and shares are TryHired calculations from the BLS figures. Price levels are BEA Regional Price Parities.
- Household income: this page reports pay per job, not household or family income, which the Census Bureau measures differently.
- Starting pay: the figures include experienced workers. Entry-level pay is usually lower.
- Take-home pay: every figure is before taxes and deductions.
- Self-employment and farm work: not covered by OEWS (see the FAQ).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates: national, state and metropolitan-area data files (public domain).
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS technical notes: what the survey counts as wages and jobs.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024 (released Feb 19, 2026).