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Cost of living in Las Vegas, NV

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area (2,398,871 people) ranks #61 of 149 for prices among the U.S. metro areas we cover. Here's what it costs to live there.

By Data reviewed Data: Census ACS, BEA, BLS, NOAA, IRS, FEMA (methodology)

New York, NY: price level 112.6Los Angeles, CA: price level 113.6Chicago, IL: price level 103.6Dallas, TX: price level 103.1Houston, TX: price level 98.6Miami, FL: price level 114.2Washington, D.C.: price level 108.9Atlanta, GA: price level 100.1Philadelphia, PA: price level 102.6Phoenix, AZ: price level 103.3Boston, MA: price level 108.3Riverside, CA: price level 106.4San Francisco, CA: price level 115.6Detroit, MI: price level 100.3Seattle, WA: price level 111.1Minneapolis, MN: price level 104.8Tampa, FL: price level 100.9San Diego, CA: price level 111.9Denver, CO: price level 105.8Orlando, FL: price level 101.4Charlotte, NC: price level 97.3Baltimore, MD: price level 104.5St. Louis, MO: price level 95.1San Antonio, TX: price level 94.7Austin, TX: price level 98.1Portland, OR: price level 105.4Sacramento, CA: price level 106.7Pittsburgh, PA: price level 94.7Las Vegas, NV: price level 100.2Cincinnati, OH: price level 95.4Kansas City, MO: price level 92.5Columbus, OH: price level 95.5Indianapolis, IN: price level 95.7Cleveland, OH: price level 93.9Nashville, TN: price level 96.3San Jose, CA: price level 110.4Virginia Beach, VA: price level 97.9Jacksonville, FL: price level 99.5Providence, RI: price level 101.8Milwaukee, WI: price level 96.9Raleigh, NC: price level 98.2Oklahoma City, OK: price level 90.4Louisville, KY: price level 93.1Richmond, VA: price level 97.9Memphis, TN: price level 92.2Salt Lake City, UT: price level 100.9Birmingham, AL: price level 91.6Fresno, CA: price level 102.2Grand Rapids, MI: price level 95.5Hartford, CT: price level 102.7Buffalo, NY: price level 95.8Tucson, AZ: price level 96.9Tulsa, OK: price level 89.2Rochester, NY: price level 97.0Omaha, NE: price level 91.9Honolulu, HI: price level 111.0Greenville, SC: price level 93.3Bridgeport, CT: price level 106.9New Orleans, LA: price level 92.6Knoxville, TN: price level 92.6Sarasota, FL: price level 102.4Albuquerque, NM: price level 95.5Bakersfield, CA: price level 100.9McAllen, TX: price level 85.9Albany, NY: price level 99.6Allentown, PA: price level 100.0Baton Rouge, LA: price level 90.8Worcester, MA: price level 102.5El Paso, TX: price level 89.9Columbia, SC: price level 93.7Charleston, SC: price level 101.0Cape Coral, FL: price level 102.3Lakeland, FL: price level 97.1Boise, ID: price level 98.4Oxnard, CA: price level 110.5Dayton, OH: price level 92.7Stockton, CA: price level 105.1Greensboro, NC: price level 92.9Colorado Springs, CO: price level 100.7Little Rock, AR: price level 89.4Provo, UT: price level 98.2Des Moines, IA: price level 91.7Daytona Beach, FL: price level 99.4Poughkeepsie, NY: price level 109.4Madison, WI: price level 97.3Winston-Salem, NC: price level 92.0Akron, OH: price level 93.4Ogden, UT: price level 100.3Wichita, KS: price level 88.9Palm Bay, FL: price level 100.0Syracuse, NY: price level 95.7Augusta, GA: price level 91.9Durham, NC: price level 97.6Harrisburg, PA: price level 98.7Jackson, MS: price level 89.0Fayetteville, AR: price level 91.4Spokane, WA: price level 100.3Toledo, OH: price level 91.5Chattanooga, TN: price level 91.5New Haven, CT: price level 104.6Reno, NV: price level 101.0Portland, ME: price level 101.9Port St. Lucie, FL: price level 100.2Huntsville, AL: price level 93.1Pensacola, FL: price level 97.7Lexington, KY: price level 92.9Killeen, TX: price level 91.1Springfield, MO: price level 88.6Santa Rosa, CA: price level 107.8Wilmington, NC: price level 96.4Fort Wayne, IN: price level 92.6Vallejo, CA: price level 108.5Santa Barbara, CA: price level 108.8Salinas, CA: price level 109.0Savannah, GA: price level 95.2Manchester, NH: price level 105.7Ocala, FL: price level 95.2Asheville, NC: price level 96.5Naples, FL: price level 103.2Myrtle Beach, SC: price level 93.6Anchorage, AK: price level 105.4Spartanburg, SC: price level 91.1Fayetteville, NC: price level 92.0Trenton, NJ: price level 103.2Eugene, OR: price level 101.6Fort Collins, CO: price level 101.1Ann Arbor, MI: price level 100.9Greeley, CO: price level 100.2Gainesville, FL: price level 96.7Clarksville, TN: price level 90.9Boulder, CO: price level 105.2Columbus, GA: price level 89.3Crestview, FL: price level 97.0Sioux Falls, SD: price level 90.6Olympia, WA: price level 103.7Norwich, CT: price level 100.4Bremerton, WA: price level 105.6Fargo, ND: price level 90.9Bend, OR: price level 103.6Daphne, AL: price level 94.7Prescott, AZ: price level 98.3Hilton Head Island, SC: price level 98.0Burlington, VT: price level 100.9Panama City, FL: price level 97.3Jacksonville, NC: price level 92.1Punta Gorda, FL: price level 100.5Billings, MT: price level 93.5The Villages, FL: price level 85.4Cheyenne, WY: price level 96.5

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Salary to match $75k
$75,200
vs. an average-priced, no-income-tax area
Median rent
$1,739
per month · need $69,560 income
Median home
$451,000
need about $113,699 to buy

Compare Las Vegas with your city

See what you'd need to earn in Las Vegas to keep your lifestyle, after taxes and local prices. The calculator starts from Los Angeles, CA, which sends the most households here of the metros we cover (IRS, 2022–2023), at about its median household income. Pick your own city and salary.

Equal salary in Las Vegas: $75,000

Compare any two of 149 U.S. metro areas. All cities

To keep the same lifestyle, you need about $75,000 in Las Vegas, NV to match $95,000 in Los Angeles, CA ($20,000 less), after 2026 taxes and local prices.

Single filer, W-2 salary. Nevada has no state income tax on wages; California does; neither city levies a resident income tax.

Take-home in Los Angeles
$69,838
26.5% total tax
Take-home in Las Vegas
$75,663
20.4% total tax
Prices in Las Vegas
-11.8%
vs Los Angeles (BEA 2024)
Renting: change after selected costs
+$10,583
per year, after taxes, rent and power; excludes food, transport, healthcare, child care and moving costs

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What things cost in Las Vegas

Price level by category (U.S. = 100)
Below the U.S. average Above the U.S. average At the U.S. average
Overall100.2
Housing115.5
Goods96.3
Utilities90.6
Other services98.7

The vertical line marks the U.S. average (100). BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 for the metropolitan area.

Taxes in Las Vegas

On an $80,000 salary (about the area's median household income), a single filer keeps $65,110 after 2026 federal tax ($8,770), Social Security and Medicare ($6,120). Nevada has no state income tax on wages.

Housing

MeasureLas Vegas area
Median rent$1,739/mo
Median home value$451,000
Median property tax$2,155/yr
Monthly cost to own the median home (20% down)$2,653
Median household income$80,028

Climate and jobs in Las Vegas

In the Las Vegas area the average January low is 41°F and the average July high 105°F, and the area has about 137 days a year at 90°F or hotter. Unemployment averaged 5.6% in 2025, above the U.S. rate (4.3%), and the median wage across all jobs was $46,670 a year, 8% below the U.S. median.

Climate in the Las Vegas area: NOAA 1991–2020 normals
Climate1991–2020 average
January low41°F
July high105°F
Days 90°F or hotter137 a year
Precipitation4.2 in a year
Snowfall0.2 in a year
Jobs and pay in the Las Vegas area compared with the U.S. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Jobs and payMetro areaU.S.
Unemployment rate, 2025 average5.6%4.3%
Median wage, all jobs (May 2025)$46,670$50,980
Wage and salary jobs (May 2025)1.1 million155.5 million

Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 averages at the Las Vegas McCarran Airport station (USW00023169). Weather varies across a metro area, especially with elevation and distance from the coast. Jobs: unemployment from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics; wages and job counts from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, which count wage and salary jobs, not the self-employed; wages are before taxes. The 2025 average covers 11 months: October 2025 data were not collected during the federal government shutdown.

Retiring in Las Vegas

A single retiree spends about $3,092 a month here if they own their home outright, or $4,358 renting, based on typical spending for households 65 and older (BLS 2024) adjusted for local prices. See where your budget goes furthest.

Where people move to and from Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas for… (households)
Los Angeles4,033
Riverside1,789
Phoenix1,632
San Diego1,125
Dallas1,122
Reno1,064
Seattle966
Houston804
Moving to Las Vegas from… (households)
Los Angeles7,816
Riverside3,072
San Diego1,808
San Francisco1,483
Phoenix1,433
New York1,323
Honolulu1,243
Chicago1,194

IRS county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023, aggregated to the 149 metro areas we cover.

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates the Las Vegas area among the highest for natural hazard risk (score 99.6 of 100), with expected losses of about $359 per resident per year. Disaster risk by county in Nevada.

Highest relative risks (national percentile)
Higher risk than most U.S. counties
Heat wave100
Riverine flooding100
Earthquake99
Wildfire99
Hail97

The vertical line marks the middle of U.S. counties (50).

Frequently asked questions

What salary do you need to live in Las Vegas?

To match the buying power of $75,000 in an average-priced area with no state income tax, you need about $75,200 in Las Vegas. Renting the median home at 30% of income takes $69,560, and buying the median home with 20% down takes about $113,699.

Is Las Vegas expensive?

The Las Vegas metro area's price level is 100.2 (U.S. = 100), #61 of the 149 metro areas we cover, from most to least expensive. Its housing price index is 115.5, 16% above the U.S. average.

Are people moving to Las Vegas?

Counting moves to and from the other 148 metro areas we cover, Las Vegas had a net gain of about 8,219 households in 2022–2023 (IRS county migration data).

What is the weather like in Las Vegas?

In NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the Las Vegas area (Las Vegas McCarran Airport weather station), the average January low is 41°F and the average July high 105°F. The area has about 137 days a year at 90°F or hotter and gets 4.2 inches of precipitation a year and almost no snow.

What are jobs and pay like in Las Vegas?

The Las Vegas metro area's unemployment rate averaged 5.6% in 2025, above the U.S. rate (4.3%). The median wage across all jobs was $46,670 a year in May 2025, 8% below the U.S. median of $50,980 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

What natural disasters affect Las Vegas?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the area among the highest overall (score 99.6). The highest relative risks are heat wave, riverine flooding, earthquake.

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