EDEN-Economic Development Nevada

Employment

Commute / High Wage Occupations

In Nye County, 76% of residents work within the same county. 21% choose to commute to Clark County. Pahrump, the major population hub for Nye County, is located approximately 60 miles from Las Vegas. Most of those who commute are working in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

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Nye

Average Commute Time

28.6 minutes

HIGH WAGE OCCUPATIONS

**Source:** Commute statistics are from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census. High wage occupation information is as of 2006 from the Nevada Deptment of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).
NYE
OCCUPATION	ANNUAL MEAN WAGE	ANNUAL ENTRY WAGE	ANNUAL EXPERIENCE LEVEL WAGE
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners	$106,390	$50,237	$134,456
General and Operations Managers	$92,027	$56,139	$109,971
Top Executives	$88,100	$46,697	$108,802
Sales Representatives - Wholesale and Manufacturing	$87,354	$43,771	$109,415
Engineers	$82,092	$51,862	$97,208