Taxi Drivers · SOC 53-3054

Taxi Drivers Salary in the Las Vegas Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area

Figures describe the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Las Vegas city limits.

Median annual wage$44,800
Median hourly wage$21.54

Taxi Drivers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area earned a median of $44,800 per year ($21.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,710 at the 10th percentile to $76,610 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,960 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Taxi Drivers in the Las Vegas metro area earn more than $44,800 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $39,170 and $65,670.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$33,710$39,170$44,800$65,670$76,610
Hourly$16.21$18.83$21.54$31.57$36.83

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Las Vegas metro areathis metro area
    $44,800 median for Las Vegas metro area; middle half earns $39,170 to $65,670
  • Nevadastate (NV)
    $44,800 median for Nevada; middle half earns $39,170 to $65,670
  • $42,100 median for United States; middle half earns $37,790 to $60,960

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Nevada overall and +6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,300$32,467$38,633$44,800Eau Claire, WI — $26,300La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $27,920Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $28,530Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $31,980Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $35,000Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $35,290San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,600Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,770Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $37,420Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,020Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $44,800

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Las Vegas metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 11 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.