Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Las Vegas ranks 156th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 121st for income. A household earns $80,028 a year while median rent runs $1,739/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 0% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is hazard safety (103rd of 300), while air quality is the soft spot (291st). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 257th and home prices 245th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Las Vegas, your take-home is worth about $61,182 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 121st of 300↑28.9%$80,028
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 224th of 300100 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $79,856
- Per-capita income
- $40,763
- Full-time pay
- $42,319
Housing
- Median rent
- 257th of 300↑46.5%$1,739/mo
- Home value
- 245th of 300↑44%$451,000
- Property tax
- $2,155/yr · 0.5%
- Sales tax
- 8.24%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 273rd of 3006.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 220th of 30028.2%
- Avg commute
- 209th of 30025.9 min
People
- Population
- 2,398,871
- Population change
- +5.8%
- Median age
- 39.0 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 22.4%
- Broadband
- 95.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 291st of 30064
- Natural-hazard loss
- 103rd of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 236th of 30021.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 15.7%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
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Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Air quality
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — las vegas air terminal.
What jobs pay in Las Vegas
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $251,550
- IT managers
- $166,090
- Lawyers
- $150,510
- Pharmacists
- $136,250
- Financial managers
- $132,650
- Software developers
- $129,940
- Civil engineers
- $106,110
- Registered nurses
- $103,940
- General & operations managers
- $97,290
- Accountants & auditors
- $80,530
- Web developers
- $78,930
- Police officers
- $77,750
- Electricians
- $70,890
- Secondary school teachers
- $65,520
- Elementary school teachers
- $65,040
- Carpenters
- $62,380
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $60,650
- Plumbers
- $59,700
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $51,910
- Construction laborers
- $48,230
- Customer service reps
- $39,560
- Janitors
- $39,310
- Retail salespersons
- $33,720
- Cashiers
- $29,360
- Waiters & waitresses
- $27,110
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Las Vegas metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Nevada are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California37,674
- Arizona5,346
- Texas5,022
- Florida3,956
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Las Vegas metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Las Vegas metro?
- Median gross rent across the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area is $1,739 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Las Vegas.
- What is the median household income in the Las Vegas metro?
- A typical household in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area earns $80,028 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Las Vegas expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area runs about 0% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Las Vegas metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $79,856 (versus its face value of $80,028). CityLedger rates the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Las Vegas metro?
- The median home value across the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area is $451,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Las Vegas metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area is 6.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).