Carson City, NV metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Carson City Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Carson City, NV metro area

Figures describe the Carson City, NV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Carson City city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (3 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 174 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Carson City, NV metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$257,310	$123.71	40
2	Pharmacists	$163,990	$78.84	60
3	Sales Managers	$149,500	$71.87	90
4	Lawyers	$142,500	$68.51	170
5	Marketing Managers	$136,110	$65.44	50
6	Physician Assistants	$135,180	$64.99	50
7	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$131,210	$63.08	110
8	Software Developers	$130,500	$62.74	90
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$129,600	$62.31	120
10	Financial Managers	$126,730	$60.93	210
11	Chief Executives	$125,280	$60.23	60
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$124,500	$59.86	200
13	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$123,300	$59.28	50
14	Dental Hygienists	$121,500	$58.42	60
15	Physical Therapists	$120,810	$58.08	50
16	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$120,080	$57.73	60
17	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$118,340	$56.90	60
18	Administrative Services Managers	$107,310	$51.59	220
19	Managers, All Other	$104,310	$50.15	210
20	Construction Managers	$103,890	$49.95	80
21	General and Operations Managers	$103,160	$49.60	890
22	Industrial Production Managers	$102,610	$49.33	60
23	Mechanical Engineers	$101,690	$48.89	90
24	Registered Nurses	$101,370	$48.74	820
25	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$100,480	$48.31	30

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Carson City metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.