Health Care and Social Assistance Subsectors

The health care and social assistance sector consists of four primary subsectors:

• Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621)
• Hospitals (NAICS 622)
• Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623)
• Social Assistance (NAICS 624)

Occupations: Job Volume and Growth Rate

Top Occupations by Job

Roles generating the highest total volume of new positions statewide:

Registered Nurses: Leads overall job volume with 6,200 new jobs (growing from 28,148 to 34,348).

Home Health & Personal Care Aides: Adds 3,593 positions (reaching 21,541).

Medical & Health Services Managers: Adds 2,304 positions (3.4% annual growth).

Medical Assistants: Adds 2,215 positions (2.6% annual growth).

Nurse Practitioners: Adds 1,851 positions (4.9% annual growth).

Fastest-Growing Occupations by Growth Rate

Occupations with the highest annual growth rate across Nevada:

Nurse Practitioners: 4.9% annual growth (+1,851 jobs).

Psychiatric Technicians: 4.2% annual growth (+718 jobs).

Orthotists and Prosthetists: 3.7% annual growth (+36 jobs).

Physical Therapist Assistants: 3.5% annual growth (+246 jobs).

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians / Physician Assistants / Medical Managers: Tied at 3.4% annual growth.

Nevada vs. U.S. Healthcare Employment Growth Rate| Occupational Wage Highlights

Across every listed healthcare occupation, Nevada’s projected annual growth rate significantly outpaces the national average growth rate for the U.S.

Occupational Wage Highlights

Highest-Paying Occupations:

Nurse Practitioners: $140,670

Physician Assistants: $134,660

Medical and Health Services Managers: $119,990

Occupational Therapists: $110,520

Lowest-Paying Occupations on the List:

Medical Assistants: $45,200

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians: $37,660.

Conclusion

Healthcare Job Growth in Nevada (2024–2034)

Driven by an expanding and aging population, Nevada’s healthcare and social assistance sector is poised for substantial growth over the next decade—adding over 35,000 jobs state-wide and consistently outperforming national growth averages across every major healthcare role.

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Data Sources These projections would not be possible without the participation of Nevada’s employers in BLS surveys. Accurate employer information is essential to determining current economic conditions,employee pay, occupational staffing patterns, and much more. Thank you to all the employers who provide critical workforce information by responding to these surveys! If you have been asked to participate in a BLS survey, more information is available at https://www.bls.gov/respondents/. Employment Projections are calculated internally by the Research & Analysis Bureau. Projections data for all states is published at http://www.projectionscentral.com/. Data on 2019 employment levels comes from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. QCEW data may be found at http://nevadaworkforce.com or https://www.bls.gov /cew/. Data on occupational wages comes from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. OESdata may be found at http://nevadaworkforce.com or https://www.bls.gov/oes/.

Data Manipulation and Visualization This report was prepared with the use of R, RStudio, and RMarkdown. Specific packages used include the following: tidyverse1 , data.table2 , scales3 , RODBC4 , RODBCDBI5 , gt6 , rmarkdown7 , knitr8 , pagedown9 10 Footnotes: 1. https://www.tidyverse.org/↩︎ 2. https://cran.r‑project.org/web/packages/data.table/data.table.pdf↩︎ 3. https://cran.r‑project.org/web/packages/scales/scales.pdf↩︎ 4. https://cran.r‑project.org/web/packages/RODBC/RODBC.pdf↩︎ 5. https://cran.r‑project.org/web/packages/RODBCDBI/RODBCDBI.pdf↩︎ 6. https://gt.rstudio.com/↩︎ 7. https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/↩︎ 8. https://yihui.org/knitr/↩︎ 9. https://pagedown.rbind.io/↩︎