Registered Nurses salary in Nevada

Nevada's median Registered Nurse earned $101,990 in 2024, about 8% above the US median of $94,511. The average wage came in nearly identical at $102,280, which means high earners are not pulling it far from the middle. The spread across the field is what stands out more.

At the 10th percentile, nurses earned $77,960. At the 90th, they earned $132,990. That is a $55,000 gap between the lower and upper ends of the distribution. In practical terms, where someone sits in that range depends heavily on how many years they have been working, what unit or specialty they work in, and whether they pick up overtime or travel contracts.

Nevada's cost-of-living index is 100.8, essentially at the national baseline. A dollar earned here buys roughly what a dollar earns nationally. That makes the 8% wage premium above the US median a real one, not something that disappears once you account for local prices. A Nevada nurse earning the state median keeps more of that premium than a counterpart in California or Hawaii would.

BLS projects employment for Registered Nurses to grow 4.9% between 2024 and 2034, an average rate of growth by national standards. Nevada's nursing workforce stood at 27,570 in 2024. The state has leaned on travel nurses for years to fill gaps at urban hospitals and rural critical-access facilities, which adds pressure on wages at the high end of the spread. Whether that pattern continues or eases as the pipeline of permanent nurses grows is something BLS projections do not capture.