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Nurse jobs and pay in Nevada: what 1,038 open postings say (September 2026)


This page is built from the open postings on hospital and health-system career sites in Nevada listed on Betterleap's job board: 1,038 open positions from 35 employers as of September 26, 2026, 0.5% of all open postings on the board, which ranks Nevada #38 of 51 states. Registered nurses are 45% of the state's postings (212). Every figure below is a count or a posted pay range, never a job description; the method is at the end.

Where the jobs are in Nevada

#CityOpen postingsof which RNEmployers
1Las Vegas, NV4397623
2Reno, NV239619
3Henderson, NV951911
4North Las Vegas, NV72107
5Sparks, NV60183
6Elko, NV46173
7Boulder City, NV1412
8Pahrump, NV1423

Every city links to its live listings; the state's registered-nurse listings are at RN jobs in Nevada.

Health systems hiring the most in Nevada

Counted by open postings on the system's own career site, so a system that lists every unit and shift separately ranks higher than one that posts one evergreen requisition per role.

Which roles Nevada employers are hiring

What nursing jobs pay in Nevada

For reference, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 27,070 registered nurses employed in Nevada with a mean wage of $50.82 an hour ($105,710 a year), OEWS May 2025.

Only 10.1% of Nevada postings state a pay range with both ends: too few to publish a posted median (the rule is at least 100 postings and a median within a third of the BLS mean). The BLS figure above is the reliable reference for this state.

Licensing: working as a nurse in Nevada

Nevada is not a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact, per NCSBN's compact map (read September 26, 2026, which lists 40 member states). A nurse licensed in another state needs a Nevada license by endorsement before starting work, so employers here draw mostly on nurses already licensed in the state. The state's board of nursing contact page is on NCSBN.

Licensing is issued by the state board of nursing: an approved nursing program, the NCLEX-RN (or NCLEX-PN), a background check and the board's application. The board's own pages are the source of truth for fees and timelines; this page does not restate them.

How this is built

  • Scope: open postings on public hospital and health-system career sites, counted as of the date shown; job descriptions are never republished. Only postings whose location is in Nevada count here; a posting listing several sites counts once, at its first site.
  • Pay point: midpoint of the posted range, hourly (annual ÷ 2080), only where both ends and the unit are posted. The top of a posted range is never used as "the pay". A posted median is published only with at least 100 postings and within a third of the BLS mean.
  • Freshness: counts are refreshed monthly and the page shows its date; a posting that leaves an employer's site drops out.
  • References: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, state estimates; NCSBN Nurse Licensure Compact map data, read September 26, 2026.

Data as of September 26, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

How many open nursing jobs are there in Nevada right now?

1,038 open postings from 35 hospital and health-system employers in Nevada as of September 26, 2026, 212 of them for registered nurses. Las Vegas has the most (439), then Reno (239).

What do registered nurses earn in Nevada?

The BLS OEWS May 2025 mean for registered nurses in Nevada is $50.82 an hour, $105,710 a year, across 27,070 employed RNs. Too few open postings state a pay range for a posted median to be published for this state.

Is Nevada a Nurse Licensure Compact state?

No. Nevada is not an NLC member (NCSBN map, read September 26, 2026); nurses licensed elsewhere need a Nevada license by endorsement.

Which hospitals are hiring nurses in Nevada?

By open postings on their own career sites: Universal Health Services (503), Prime Healthcare Services (117), University of Southern California (62) and 5 more listed above, as of September 26, 2026.

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