Reno, NV
Reno, NV Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Reno, NV Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Reno ranks 73rd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 62nd for income. A household earns $89,159 a year while median rent runs $1,680/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is household income (62nd of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (266th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 249th and home prices 266th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Reno, your take-home is worth about $60,698 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
- 62nd of 300↑23.6%$89,159
- 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.
- 242nd of 300101 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $88,264
- Per-capita income
- $49,748
- Full-time pay
- $47,358
Housing
- Median rent
- 249th of 300↑40.6%$1,680/mo
- Home value
- 266th of 300↑39.9%$535,700
- Property tax
- $2,383/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 8.24%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 246th of 3005.6%
- Bachelor's+
- 134th of 30034.9%
- Avg commute
- 187th of 30025.1 min
People
- Population
- 575,266
- Population change
- +21%
- Median age
- 39.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 14.9%
- Broadband
- 94.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 198th of 30050
- Natural-hazard loss
- 248th of 300$21/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 203rd of 30020.2%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 12.4%
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
- + Affordability
- + Household income
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — reno ap.
What jobs pay in Reno
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $217,420
- IT managers
- $167,900
- Lawyers
- $163,380
- Pharmacists
- $154,380
- Financial managers
- $133,470
- Software developers
- $125,710
- Registered nurses
- $107,520
- General & operations managers
- $106,050
- Civil engineers
- $105,470
- Police officers
- $92,130
- Web developers
- $84,220
- Accountants & auditors
- $82,370
- Plumbers
- $77,020
- Secondary school teachers
- $72,960
- Electricians
- $72,800
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $63,790
- Elementary school teachers
- $62,430
- Carpenters
- $62,350
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $51,310
- Construction laborers
- $51,230
- Customer service reps
- $43,930
- Janitors
- $37,220
- Retail salespersons
- $35,160
- Cashiers
- $31,190
- Waiters & waitresses
- $25,700
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 Reno 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.
- California10,243
- Texas925
- Florida901
- Washington826
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Reno metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Reno metro?
- Median gross rent across the Reno, NV Metro Area is $1,680 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Reno.
- What is the median household income in the Reno metro?
- A typical household in the Reno, NV Metro Area earns $89,159 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Reno expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Reno, NV Metro Area runs about 1% 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 Reno metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $88,264 (versus its face value of $89,159). CityLedger rates the Reno, NV Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Reno metro?
- The median home value across the Reno, NV Metro Area is $535,700 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Reno metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Reno, NV Metro Area is 5.6% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).