Clark County · Nevada
Las Vegas, NV jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Las Vegas, NV earn a median of $40,905 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 7.2% against 5.2% nationally, and arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food is the largest employer at 21.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $40,905#59 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 7.2%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 62.7%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 299,387Civilian employed, age 16+
What Las Vegas does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food21.2%
- Education, health care & social assistance17.2%
- Professional, scientific & management13.7%
- Retail trade11.7%
- Construction8%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.5%
- Finance, insurance & real estate6.4%
- Other services, except public administration4.5%
- Public administration3.8%
- Manufacturing3.3%
- Wholesale trade1.7%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.3%
Related data for Las Vegas
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.