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Accountants & Auditors salary in Las Vegas, NV

Median pay for accountants & auditors in Las Vegas, NV: $69,280/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $36,570 – $103,160 · about 4,740 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($74,290) by −$5,010 (-7%).

What it's really worth in Las Vegas

With Las Vegas's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $69,280 has the buying power of about $70,488 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $69,911 · median home $430,650 · median rent $1,737/mo.

Full Las Vegas cost of living & taxes →

How Las Vegas ranks for this job

On raw pay, Las Vegas, NV is 136th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once Las Vegas's cost of living is applied, it ranks 167th.

The headline number flatters Las Vegas. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, accountants & auditors here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Las Vegas

A median home in Las Vegas, NV costs $430,650 — about 6.2× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,737/mo works out at 30% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where accountants & auditors earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Las Vegas.

MetroMedian payvs Las VegasRent vs Las Vegas
San Jose, CA $113,980 +65% 2.1×
San Francisco, CA $103,990 +50% 1.9×
New York, NY $103,900 +50%
Washington, DC $97,320 +40% 1.4×

Same job elsewhere in NV

MetroMedian payvs Las VegasRent vs Las Vegas
Reno, NV $78,040 +13% 1.1×

Staying in NV keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

Who hires accountants & auditors around Las Vegas

Large local employers in sectors that typically employ this role.

Other jobs in Las Vegas

Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.