Summary Tables

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Unemployment Rates

Unemployment Rate Summary LAUS
Area Name Adj March 2025 February 2025 Monthly Change March 2024 Yearly Change
United States
U.S. 4.2 4.5 −0.3 3.9 0.3
U.S. SA 4.2 4.1 0.1 3.9 0.3
State
Nevada 5.4 5.7 −0.3 5.3 0.1
Nevada SA 5.7 5.8 −0.1 5.3 0.4
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Carson City MSA 4.4 4.8 −0.4 4.8 −0.4
Reno - Sparks MSA 4.7 4.9 −0.2 4.8 −0.1
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 5.6 5.9 −0.3 5.5 0.1
Combined Statistical Area
Reno-Carson City-Fernley, Nv Combined Statistical Area 4.6 4.9 −0.3 4.8 −0.2
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV Combined Statistical Area 5.7 5.9 −0.2 5.5 0.2
County
Humboldt County 4.2 4.2 0.0 4.1 0.1
White Pine County 4.2 4.3 −0.1 4.6 −0.4
Elko County 4.3 4.3 0.0 4.0 0.3
Carson City 4.4 4.8 −0.4 4.8 −0.4
Douglas County 4.5 5.0 −0.5 5.0 −0.5
Washoe County 4.6 4.8 −0.2 4.7 −0.1
Churchill County 4.7 4.9 −0.2 4.6 0.1
Pershing County 4.9 4.8 0.1 5.8 −0.9
Lander County 5.1 5.7 −0.6 5.3 −0.2
Lyon County 5.2 5.6 −0.4 5.4 −0.2
Lincoln County 5.3 5.4 −0.1 5.2 0.1
Clark County 5.6 5.9 −0.3 5.5 0.1
Storey County 5.6 6.3 −0.7 6.0 −0.4
Eureka County 6.1 6.9 −0.8 6.7 −0.6
Nye County 6.9 7.5 −0.6 7.2 −0.3
Esmeralda County 7.9 9.6 −1.7 9.3 −1.4
Mineral County 9.6 9.8 −0.2 8.9 0.7
Labor Market Area
Winnemucca Micropolitan Area 4.2 4.2 0.0 4.1 0.1
Elko Micropolitan Area 4.3 4.3 0.0 4.1 0.2
Gardnerville Micropolitan Area 4.6 5.1 −0.5 5.0 −0.4
Fallon Micropolitan Area 4.7 4.9 −0.2 4.6 0.1
Pahrump Micropolitan Area 6.9 7.5 −0.6 7.2 −0.3
City
Elko City* 4.0 3.8 0.2 3.9 0.1
Carson City 4.4 4.8 −0.4 4.8 −0.4
Reno 4.5 4.7 −0.2 4.6 −0.1
Sparks 4.5 4.7 −0.2 4.6 −0.1
Fernley City* 4.6 4.8 −0.2 4.9 −0.3
Mesquite* 5.1 5.4 −0.3 5.5 −0.4
Henderson 5.4 5.7 −0.3 5.4 0.0
Las Vegas 5.7 6.0 −0.3 5.6 0.1
Boulder City* 5.9 6.0 −0.1 6.0 −0.1
North Las Vegas 6.1 6.2 −0.1 6.0 0.1
* State Specific Areas, not endorsed or published by the BLS
SA denotes seasonally adjusted data

Labor Force

Labor Force Levels Summary LAUS
Area Name Adj March 2025 February 2025 Monthly Change March 2024 Yearly Change
United States
U.S. SA 170,591,000 170,359,000 232,000 167,922,000 2,669,000
U.S. 170,653,000 170,116,000 537,000 167,960,000 2,693,000
State
Nevada SA 1,670,683 1,666,580 4,103 1,637,272 33,411
Nevada 1,681,672 1,677,256 4,416 1,641,481 40,191
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Carson City MSA 30,100 29,962 138 29,154 946
Reno - Sparks MSA 307,437 306,587 850 298,820 8,617
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 1,241,128 1,239,268 1,860 1,212,943 28,185
Combined Statistical Area
Reno-Carson City-Fernley, Nv Combined Statistical Area 372,948 371,638 1,310 362,399 10,549
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV Combined Statistical Area 1,260,564 1,258,469 2,095 1,232,227 28,337
County
Esmeralda County 277 271 6 289 −12
Eureka County 684 668 16 674 10
Mineral County 1,167 1,139 28 1,159 8
Lincoln County 1,731 1,704 27 1,687 44
Storey County 1,787 1,791 −4 1,741 46
Pershing County 2,275 2,225 50 2,206 69
Lander County 2,506 2,458 48 2,456 50
White Pine County 3,761 3,656 105 3,621 140
Humboldt County 8,273 8,162 111 8,209 64
Churchill County 10,794 10,699 95 10,588 206
Nye County 19,436 19,201 235 19,284 152
Douglas County 24,067 23,836 231 23,234 833
Elko County 28,036 27,418 618 27,158 878
Carson City 30,100 29,962 138 29,154 946
Lyon County 30,672 30,621 51 29,849 823
Washoe County 274,978 274,175 803 267,230 7,748
Clark County 1,241,128 1,239,268 1,860 1,212,943 28,185
Labor Market Area
Winnemucca Micropolitan Area 8,273 8,162 111 8,209 64
Fallon Micropolitan Area 10,794 10,699 95 10,588 206
Pahrump Micropolitan Area 19,436 19,201 235 19,284 152
Gardnerville Micropolitan Area 24,617 24,390 227 23,837 780
Elko Micropolitan Area 28,720 28,086 634 27,832 888
City
Boulder City* 6,578 6,556 22 6,442 136
Mesquite* 8,252 8,240 12 8,112 140
Elko City* 11,269 10,991 278 10,933 336
Fernley City* 13,306 13,255 51 12,951 355
Carson City 30,100 29,962 138 29,154 946
Sparks 61,478 61,310 168 59,749 1,729
North Las Vegas 146,744 146,381 363 143,499 3,245
Reno 156,589 156,051 538 152,134 4,455
Henderson 174,688 174,373 315 170,937 3,751
Las Vegas 345,559 345,005 554 337,661 7,898
* State Specific Areas, not endorsed or published by the BLS
SA denotes seasonally adjusted data

Employed

Employed Individuals Levels Summary LAUS
Area Name Adj March 2025 February 2025 Monthly Change March 2024 Yearly Change
United States
U.S. 163,412,000 162,544,000 868,000 161,356,000 2,056,000
U.S. SA 163,508,000 163,307,000 201,000 161,425,000 2,083,000
State
Nevada SA 1,575,424 1,570,686 4,738 1,549,691 25,733
Nevada 1,590,866 1,582,273 8,593 1,553,824 37,042
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Carson City MSA 28,761 28,531 230 27,750 1,011
Reno - Sparks MSA 293,107 291,611 1,496 284,400 8,707
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 1,171,138 1,166,056 5,082 1,146,268 24,870
Combined Statistical Area
Reno-Carson City-Fernley, Nv Combined Statistical Area 355,646 353,470 2,176 344,896 10,750
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV Combined Statistical Area 1,189,236 1,183,817 5,419 1,164,156 25,080
County
Esmeralda County 255 245 10 262 −7
Eureka County 642 622 20 629 13
Mineral County 1,055 1,027 28 1,056 −1
Lincoln County 1,640 1,612 28 1,599 41
Storey County 1,687 1,679 8 1,636 51
Pershing County 2,164 2,118 46 2,079 85
Lander County 2,377 2,317 60 2,326 51
White Pine County 3,604 3,499 105 3,454 150
Humboldt County 7,922 7,819 103 7,869 53
Churchill County 10,285 10,171 114 10,097 188
Nye County 18,098 17,761 337 17,888 210
Douglas County 22,978 22,637 341 22,081 897
Elko County 26,841 26,248 593 26,066 775
Carson City 28,761 28,531 230 27,750 1,011
Lyon County 29,078 28,896 182 28,225 853
Washoe County 262,342 261,036 1,306 254,539 7,803
Clark County 1,171,138 1,166,056 5,082 1,146,268 24,870
Labor Market Area
Winnemucca Micropolitan Area 7,922 7,819 103 7,869 53
Fallon Micropolitan Area 10,285 10,171 114 10,097 188
Pahrump Micropolitan Area 18,098 17,761 337 17,888 210
Gardnerville Micropolitan Area 23,493 23,157 336 22,649 844
Elko Micropolitan Area 27,483 26,870 613 26,695 788
City
Boulder City* 6,189 6,162 27 6,058 131
Mesquite* 7,833 7,799 34 7,667 166
Elko City* 10,817 10,578 239 10,505 312
Fernley City* 12,694 12,614 80 12,321 373
Carson City 28,761 28,531 230 27,750 1,011
Sparks 58,721 58,429 292 56,975 1,746
North Las Vegas 137,847 137,249 598 134,920 2,927
Reno 149,525 148,781 744 145,077 4,448
Henderson 165,204 164,487 717 161,696 3,508
Las Vegas 325,813 324,399 1,414 318,894 6,919
* State Specific Areas, not endorsed or published by the BLS
SA denotes seasonally adjusted data

Unemployed

Unemployed Individuals Levels Summary LAUS
Area Adj March 2025 February 2025 Monthly Change March 2024 Yearly Change
United States
U.S. SA 7,083,000 7,052,000 31,000 6,497,000 586,000
U.S. 7,242,000 7,572,000 −330,000 6,604,000 638,000
State
Nevada 90,806 94,983 −4,177 87,657 3,149
Nevada SA 95,259 95,894 −635 87,581 7,678
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Carson City MSA 1,339 1,431 −92 1,404 −65
Reno - Sparks MSA 14,330 14,976 −646 14,420 −90
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 69,990 73,212 −3,222 66,675 3,315
Combined Statistical Area
Reno-Carson City-Fernley, Nv Combined Statistical Area 17,302 18,168 −866 17,503 −201
Las Vegas-Henderson, NV Combined Statistical Area 71,328 74,652 −3,324 68,071 3,257
County
Esmeralda County 22 26 −4 27 −5
Eureka County 42 46 −4 45 −3
Lincoln County 91 92 −1 88 3
Storey County 100 112 −12 105 −5
Pershing County 111 107 4 127 −16
Mineral County 112 112 0 103 9
Lander County 129 141 −12 130 −1
White Pine County 157 157 0 167 −10
Humboldt County 351 343 8 340 11
Churchill County 509 528 −19 491 18
Douglas County 1,089 1,199 −110 1,153 −64
Elko County 1,195 1,170 25 1,092 103
Nye County 1,338 1,440 −102 1,396 −58
Carson City 1,339 1,431 −92 1,404 −65
Lyon County 1,594 1,725 −131 1,624 −30
Washoe County 12,636 13,139 −503 12,691 −55
Clark County 69,990 73,212 −3,222 66,675 3,315
Labor Market Area
Winnemucca Micropolitan Area 351 343 8 340 11
Fallon Micropolitan Area 509 528 −19 491 18
Gardnerville Micropolitan Area 1,124 1,233 −109 1,188 −64
Elko Micropolitan Area 1,237 1,216 21 1,137 100
Pahrump Micropolitan Area 1,338 1,440 −102 1,396 −58
City
Boulder City* 389 394 −5 384 5
Mesquite* 419 441 −22 445 −26
Elko City* 452 413 39 428 24
Fernley City* 612 641 −29 630 −18
Carson City 1,339 1,431 −92 1,404 −65
Sparks 2,757 2,881 −124 2,774 −17
Reno 7,064 7,270 −206 7,057 7
North Las Vegas 8,897 9,132 −235 8,579 318
Henderson 9,484 9,886 −402 9,241 243
Las Vegas 19,746 20,606 −860 18,767 979
* State Specific Areas, not endorsed or published by the BLS
SA denotes seasonally adjusted data

United States

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Nevada

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Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas MSA

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Reno - Sparks MSA

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Carson City MSA

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Reno, Carson City, Fernley Combined Statistical Area

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Elko Micropolitan Area

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Fallon Micropolitan Area

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Gardenerville Micropolitan Area

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Pahrump Micropolitan Area

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Winnemucca Micropolitan Area

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Carson City

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Churchill County

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Clark County

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Douglas County

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Elko County

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Esmeralda County

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Eureka County

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Humboldt County

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Lander County

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Lincoln County

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Lyon County

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Mineral County

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Nye County

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Pershing County

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Storey County

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Washoe County

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White Pine County

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Boulder*

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Carson City

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Elko City*

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Fernley*

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Henderson

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Mesquite*

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North Las Vegas

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Reno

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About

Unemployment estimates come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. This program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for census regions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many large cities, by place of residence.

The cities of Boulder City, Elko, Fernley, and Mesquite are state specific areas. These estimates are not endorsed or published by the BLS.

Prepared by the Research and Analysis Bureau with contributions from: Jordan Ambrose, Jason Gortari, Dionny McDonnell, Dave Schmidt, Marianne Segurson, Idalia Valdez Parra, and Tim Wilcox.

Special thanks to all the R and RStudio developers that built the packages to make this possible. Packages used in this report include tidyverse, RColorBrewer, ggthemes, scales, cowplot, data.table, RcppRoll, transformr, gridExtra, gapminder, hrbrthemes, ggforce, patchwork, reshape2, tidyquant, kableExtra, reshape, tinytex, extrafont, knitr, magrittr, Cairo, DBI, ggrepel, magick, dplyr, gtable, grid, glue, plotly, flexdashboard, gt.