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Careers with Largest Employment

These are the occupations that employed the most people in 2016 (for states) or 2019 (nationally). You can view this list for any state by changing the location shown to the left.

We found 607 occupations in Nevada.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Retail salespersons	49,230	No formal educational credential
2	Waiters and waitresses	39,380		No formal educational credential
3	Cashiers	34,770		No formal educational credential
4	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	32,020		No formal educational credential
5	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	31,210		No formal educational credential
6	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	28,570		No formal educational credential
7	Office clerks, general	27,920		High school diploma or equivalent
8	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	27,110		No formal educational credential
9	Customer service representatives	24,070		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Gaming dealers	21,220		High school diploma or equivalent
11	Security guards	21,090		High school diploma or equivalent
12	Cooks, restaurant	20,930		No formal educational credential
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	18,670		High school diploma or equivalent
14	General and operations managers	17,570		Bachelor's degree
15	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	17,260		High school diploma or equivalent
16	Registered nurses	16,660		Bachelor's degree
17	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	16,280		No formal educational credential
18	Maintenance and repair workers, general	15,010		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Bartenders	14,800		No formal educational credential
20	Carpenters	13,780		High school diploma or equivalent
21	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	13,650		No formal educational credential
22	Managers, all other	13,540		Bachelor's degree
23	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,100		No formal educational credential
24	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	12,790		Some college, no degree
25	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	12,580		High school diploma or equivalent
26	Food preparation workers	12,090		No formal educational credential
27	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	11,930		High school diploma or equivalent
28	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	11,460		Postsecondary non-degree award
29	Personal care aides	11,380		High school diploma or equivalent
30	Construction laborers	11,030		No formal educational credential
31	Office and administrative support workers, all other	10,680		High school diploma or equivalent
32	Dishwashers	10,450		No formal educational credential
33	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	10,090		High school diploma or equivalent
34	Receptionists and information clerks	9,980		High school diploma or equivalent
35	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	9,540		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	9,240		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Sales representatives, services, all other	9,140		High school diploma or equivalent
38	Elementary school teachers, except special education	8,950		Bachelor's degree
39	Cooks, fast food	8,490		No formal educational credential
40	Accountants and auditors	8,450		Bachelor's degree
41	Light truck or delivery services drivers	7,810		High school diploma or equivalent
42	Electricians	7,100		High school diploma or equivalent
43	Lawyers	7,050		Doctoral or professional degree
44	Business operations specialists, all other	6,830		Bachelor's degree
45	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	6,600		High school diploma or equivalent
46	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	6,390		Postsecondary non-degree award
47	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	5,980		No formal educational credential
48	Child, family, and school social workers	5,830		Bachelor's degree
49	Medical assistants	5,810		Postsecondary non-degree award
50	Financial managers	5,630		Bachelor's degree

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (246)
Bachelor's degree (141)
Some high school (76)
Master's degree or higher (60)
Some college (43)
Associate's degree (41)

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About this data

Data for this report come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

State-level employment data come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office, and reflect the years 2016 to 2026.

National employment data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2019-29.

Earnings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) May 2019 survey.

Typical education data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation, 2019.

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