Carson City, NV

177 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 16180.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	960
General and Operations Managers	890
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	820
Retail Salespersons	740
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	670
Cashiers	600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	600
Management Analysts	590
Computer User Support Specialists	560
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	550
Office Clerks, General	510
Stockers and Order Fillers	450
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	430
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	400
Waiters and Waitresses	390
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	370
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	360
Nursing Assistants	340
Customer Service Representatives	340
Correctional Officers and Jailers	330

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Forest and Conservation Technicians	24.94	160
Community Health Workers	8.18	100
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	5.06	120
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4.25	330
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	4.15	310
Administrative Services Managers	4.09	220
Computer User Support Specialists	3.81	560
Management Analysts	3.18	590
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	2.96	250
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2.73	960
Production Workers, All Other	2.68	140
Machinists	2.65	160
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1.95	550
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	1.93	430
Electricians	1.91	300
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.89	150
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1.86	270
Medical and Health Services Managers	1.66	200
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	1.65	210
Bartenders	1.55	240

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$257,310
Pharmacists	$163,990
Sales Managers	$149,500
Lawyers	$142,500
Marketing Managers	$136,110
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$135,180
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,210
Software Developers	$130,500
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,600
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$126,730
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$125,280
Medical and Health Services Managers	$124,500
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$123,300
Dental Hygienists	$121,500
Physical Therapists	$120,810
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$120,080
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$118,340
Administrative Services Managers	$107,310
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$104,310
Construction Managers	$103,890

All 177 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	240	$93,560	0.82
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	220	$107,310	4.09
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$27,400	0.63
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$30,160	0.82
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$123,300	1.15
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	270	$54,270	1.86
Bakers `51-3011`	30	$37,220	0.63
Bartenders `35-3011`	240	$26,250	1.55
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	50	$46,850	0.59
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	550	$48,240	1.95
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	60	$93,560	6.40
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	430	$76,650	1.93
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$73,230	0.65
Carpenters `47-2031`	100	$63,660	0.75
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists `17-1021`	30	$78,000	11.75
Cashiers `41-2011`	600	$34,310	0.95
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$125,280	1.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	150	$65,250	1.89
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	70	$30,710	0.64
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	310	$95,260	4.15
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$62,900	0.53
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$36,820	1.16
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	50	$58,810	0.76
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers `49-9091`	40	$61,060	6.60
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	100	$81,600	8.18
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	250	$85,760	2.96
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$48,510	1.44
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$98,180	0.68
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	560	$93,560	3.81
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	120	$129,600	0.87
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	Not available	$82,420
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	220	$59,810	0.96
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$103,890	1.05
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	100	$38,210	0.73
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	110	$36,740	1.20
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	290	$38,430	1.00
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	330	$74,910	4.25
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$75,860	1.27
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	50	$37,680	0.56
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	340	$43,060	0.63
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	40	$47,690	1.22
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$48,590	1.29
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$121,500	1.20
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$27,100	0.98
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$33,220	1.37
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	90	$26,330	1.01
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	120	$38,960	5.06
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	30	$69,690	0.42
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	50	$45,100	1.00
Electricians `47-2111`	300	$81,880	1.91
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	30	Not available	0.99
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$79,230	1.05
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$62,400	0.75
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	40	$33,280	0.75
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	670	$30,010	0.85
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$54,820	2.79
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	70	$56,470	9.81
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	210	$126,730	1.19
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$73,270	0.58
Firefighters `33-2011`	80	$79,170	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	160	$89,870	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	250	$43,220	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	50	$36,130	9.00
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$59,420	1.54
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	110	$78,950	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	240	$69,990	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$41,600	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$120,080	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	110	$77,650	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	240	$50,920	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	80	$56,990	0.65
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	150	$35,090	0.80
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	40	$65,420	0.82
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	160	$67,040	24.94
Gambling Cage Workers `43-3041`	30	$32,540	10.86
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers `41-2012`	70	$28,410	15.65
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	890	$103,160	1.23
Glaziers `47-2121`	60	Not available	5.09
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	40	$46,140	2.73
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$35,350	0.86
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$52,780	1.18
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	80	Not available	11.60
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$77,540	0.93
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	60	$49,690	2.45
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$62,400	1.20
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	130	$60,480	0.31
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$62,890	1.32
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	400	$35,760	0.46
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$29,070	0.74
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	70	$31,750	1.23
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	60	$49,960	3.02
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$74,710	1.10
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	$97,400	0.56
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	30	$76,320	0.35
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$102,610	1.14
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	100	$46,890	0.60
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	30	$60,130	1.11
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	170	$52,310	1.37
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$53,290	1.40
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	50	$50,910	0.53
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	360	$36,960	0.78
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	600	$28,790	1.00
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	210	$47,160	1.05
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$34,580	1.80
Lawyers `23-1011`	170	$142,500	1.12
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$67,670	1.18
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	110	$78,790	0.80
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	160	$44,620	0.80
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$50,690	1.13
Machinists `51-4041`	160	$51,670	2.65
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	170	$35,360	0.95
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service `43-9051`	30	$42,660	2.99
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	320	$53,290	1.03
Management Analysts `13-1111`	590	$85,400	3.18
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	210	$104,310	1.65
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$60,250	0.43
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$136,110	0.64
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	90	$101,690	1.43
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	170	$46,800	0.98
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$57,700	1.59
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	140	$50,860	0.71
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	200	$124,500	1.66
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$37,360	1.05
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	370	$45,150	1.28
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	30	$44,040	1.56
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	30	$74,610	0.88
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	30	$40,810	1.07
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$118,340	0.94
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	340	$46,880	1.15
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	510	$48,750	1.01
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	90	$39,380	2.22
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	80	$64,820	0.85
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	70	$49,920	0.92
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$36,990	1.17
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$51,370	1.23
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$70,010	1.00
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	80	$38,650	1.46
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$163,990	0.89
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	80	$49,620	0.81
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$120,810	0.85
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$135,180	1.47
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$257,310	0.58
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	60	$64,040	0.60
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	110	$131,210	0.78
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	60	$61,130	0.90
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	140	$49,760	2.68
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$69,930	0.47
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	230	$93,560	1.07
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$47,350	1.03
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$81,000	0.89
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$83,970	1.29
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	50	$87,420	1.31
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$40,950	1.51
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	60	$30,600	0.87
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	820	$101,370	1.18
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	740	$37,490	0.92
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$149,500	0.73
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	110	$65,930	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	190	$73,060	0.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	960	$49,270	2.73
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$69,050	0.64
Security Guards `33-9032`	120	$43,640	0.46
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	190	$46,590	1.14
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$37,800	1.04
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$93,560	1.57
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$44,100	0.99
Software Developers `15-1252`	90	$130,500	0.25
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	450	$37,460	0.78
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	40	$66,000	0.41
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	60	$98,230	2.44
Tellers `43-3071`	50	$38,110	0.71
Tile and Stone Setters `47-2044`	40	$58,380	4.97
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$43,710	2.19
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$79,620	0.75
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$100,480	0.68
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	390	$26,670	0.84
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	60	$61,520	0.68