05/20/2025

Nevada Unemployment Rate

  • 5.6% unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in April 2025, down 0.1 percentage points from March 2025.

  • Up 0.2 percentage points from 5.4% in April 2024

Nevada vs. US Unemployment Rate

  • The gap between NV and US seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for April 2025 is 1.4 percentage points. The gap decreased by 0.1 percentage points from March 2025.

  • Nevada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has exceeded that of the nation since July 2007.

Unemployment Insurance Activity

April 2025 Unemployment Insurance Activity
Measure April 2025 April 2024 % change March 2025 % change 12 month
average
Initial Claims 11,770 10,278 14.5% 10,633 10.7% 11,720
Weeks Claimed 96,786 98,210 −1.4% 115,337 −16.1% 103,343
Weeks Compensated 88,851 96,268 −7.7% 104,901 −15.3% 93,941
Amount Compensated $40,663,279 $45,146,419 −9.9% $48,402,829 −16.0% $43,285,796
Weeks Compensated Total Unemployment 78,584 88,646 −11.4% 92,493 −15.0% 84,484
Amount Compensated Total Unemployment $37,929,607 $43,060,026 −11.9% $44,946,372 −15.6% $40,686,560
First Payments 5,374 4,378 22.8% 5,386 −0.2% 5,702
Final Payments (Exhaustions) 2,342 2,560 −8.5% 2,637 −11.2% 2,335
Average Weekly Benefit $482.66 $485.75 −0.6% $485.94 −0.7% $481.33
Average Duration (in weeks) 14.82 14.02 5.7% 15.18 −2.4% 14.85
Exhaustion Rate 42.09% 36.35% 15.8% 42.48% −0.9% 39.92%
Source: ETA 5159

Unemployment Insurance Activity

Unemployment Insurance Activity

Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

Current Employment Statistics

  • Total (Seasonally Adjusted) Employment: 1,580,600 in April 2025

  • Nonfarm job levels are up 10,500 or 0.7% over the year.

Current Employment Statistics

  • Employment grew by 1.19% nationally year-over-year, as of April 2025. While employment grew by 0.67% in Nevada over the same period.

  • Nevada’s employment growth year-over-year was below the growth of the United States by about 0.53 percentage points. Compared to March 2025, Nevada’s employment growth increased by about 0.02 percentage points. While the United States’ employment growth increased by about 0.04 percentage points over the same period.

Current Employment Statistics

Current Population Survey (CPS)

Current Population Survey (CPS): Unemployment Rate by Education

12-Month Moving Average (MA) of Unemployment Rate Estimate by Educational Attainment
Educational Attainment April 2025 OTM Change in MA OTY Change in MA
Bachelor’s degree and higher 2.77% -0.23 -0.16
High school graduates, no college 5.78% 0.12 0.6
Less than a High school diploma 4.58% -0.99 -2.12
Some college or associate degree 4.18% -0.12 0.51
Notes:
1 Changes are measured in percentage points.
2 Positive changes are colored red to easily spot increases in the estimate of the unemployment rate.
Source:
Current Population Survey

CPS: Labor Force Statistics by Age Group

Employed Level,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group April 2025* OTY Change*
16-19 44.42 -3.38
20-24 130.17 -8.31
25-34 342.50 11
35-44 367.92 21.74
45-54 324.42 8.61
55-64 247.75 -3.62
65+ 107.75 -3.77
* Values are reported in thousdandths of persons
Labor Force Participation Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group April 2025 OTY Change*
16-19 36.93% 0.52
20-24 76.27% -0.55
25-34 83.24% 0.63
35-44 84.18% 1.49
45-54 83.26% -0.56
55-64 65.82% -0.69
65+ 21.81% -2.37
* Values are reported in percentage points
Unemployment Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group April 2025 OTY Change*
16-19 22.36% -0.8
20-24 9.00% 0.33
25-34 6.21% 1.51
35-44 4.27% -1.37
45-54 3.81% -0.18
55-64 3.79% -0.8
65+ 13.14% -1.65
* Values are reported in percentage points

CPS: Labor Statistics by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (Ages 16+)

Employed Level,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity* April 2025* OTY Change*
All All 1564.42 21.77
All Black 161.50 -2.36
All Hispanic 508.58 49.43
All White 1177.67 47.36
Female All 722.92 8.27
Female Black 79.67 0.53
Female Hispanic 215.83 5.8
Female White 528.67 13.86
Male All 841.58 13.68
Male Black 81.92 -2.81
Male Hispanic 292.92 43.8
Male White 649.00 33.52
* Values are reported in thousdandths of persons
Labor Force Participation Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity April 2025 OTY Change*
All All 63.18% 0.37
All Black 66.83% 2.41
All Hispanic 70.14% -0.42
All White 63.05% 0.13
Female All 58.16% 0.53
Female Black 67.09% 4.61
Female Hispanic 62.38% -1.81
Female White 57.12% 0.04
Male All 68.26% 0.24
Male Black 67.18% -1.42
Male Hispanic 77.34% 0.27
Male White 68.89% 0.14
* Values are reported in percentage points
Unemployement Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity April 2025 OTY Change*
All All 5.16% 0.39
All Black 7.98% 1.95
All Hispanic 5.45% 0.57
All White 4.85% 0.66
Female All 5.37% 1.17
Female Black 7.88% 0.64
Female Hispanic 5.70% 0.6
Female White 5.18% 1.48
Male All 4.95% -0.31
Male Black 8.77% 1.05
Male Hispanic 5.19% 0.52
Male White 4.54% -0.07
* Values are reported in percentage points