Hiring/Nevada/Medical Assistants
Medical Assistants hiring difficulty in Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV scores 1.9 out of 10 for Medical Assistants, in the standard band of the public market difficulty score. In Nevada, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.1%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 24.7 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median is $44,220 a year, under the U.S. median of $45,690 and within 3 percent of the Nevada median of $45,200 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). This occupation's share of jobs in Las Vegas is close to its share of U.S. jobs. The location quotient is 0.99 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 5,940 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Las Vegas. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. On healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations, Las Vegas sits at rank 37 in this set of 80 metros.
Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built
Key numbers
JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Nevada. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.
Annual pay
Metro employment 5,940 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.99. Metro area: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV.
| Percentile | Metro | NV | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $38,090 | $38,270 | $38,470 |
| Median | $44,220 | $45,200 | $45,690 |
| 75th | $47,190 | $47,330 | $49,180 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.
Score components
| Component | Input | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local supply | 0.99 | 5.1 | Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages. |
| Statewide openings rate | 3.1% | 0.5 | Total nonfarm, all industries, Nevada, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC. |
| Statewide hiring pace | 24.7 days | 0.0 | Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 52 thousand openings and 64 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component. |
Shown score 1.9 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method
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