02/04/2026

Nevada Unemployment Rate

  • 5.2% unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in December 2025, unchanged from November 2025.

  • Down 0.6 percentage points from 5.8% in December 2024

Nevada vs. US Unemployment Rate

  • The gap between NV and US seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for December 2025 is 0.8 percentage points. The gap increased by 0.2 percentage points from November 2025.

  • Nevada’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has exceeded that of the nation since April 2007.

Unemployment Insurance Activity

  • The table below summarizes Nevada’s Unemployment Insurance activity for December 2025.
Measure December 2025 December 2024 % change November 2025 % change 12 month
average
Initial Claims 13,852 13,249 4.6% 12,221 13.3% 11,865
Weeks Claimed 121,859 123,007 −0.9% 124,987 −2.5% 110,536
Weeks Compensated 125,331 114,801 9.2% 92,116 36.1% 97,572
Amount Compensated $60,749,591 $53,858,784 12.8% $44,265,257 37.2% $45,646,953
Weeks Compensated Total Unemployment 112,142 102,564 9.3% 82,249 36.3% 86,838
Amount Compensated Total Unemployment $56,937,854 $50,424,698 12.9% $41,459,811 37.3% $42,649,932
First Payments 8,417 7,056 19.3% 5,904 42.6% 6,098
Final Payments (Exhaustions) 2,924 2,664 9.8% 2,293 27.5% 2,411
Average Weekly Benefit $507.73 $491.64 3.3% $504.08 0.7% $490.70
Average Duration (in weeks) 14.24 15.12 −5.8% 14.38 −0.9% 14.72
Exhaustion Rate 41.04% 41.86% −2.0% 41.51% −1.1% 41.88%
Source: ETA 5159

Unemployment Insurance Activity

  • The charts below illustrate recent trends in weeks claimed and final payments.

Unemployment Insurance Activity

  • The chart below illustrates recent trends in benefit payments.

Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

  • The chart below illustrates the weekly balance of the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.

Current Employment Statistics

  • Total (Seasonally Adjusted) Employment: 1,571,400 in December 2025

  • Nonfarm job levels are down 9,000 or 0.6% over the year.

Current Employment Statistics

  • Employment grew by 0.37% nationally year-over-year, as of December 2025. While employment shrunk by 0.57% in Nevada over the same period.

  • Nevada’s employment growth year-over-year was below the growth of the United States by about 0.94 percentage points. Compared to November 2025, Nevada’s employment growth decreased by about 0.53 percentage points. While the United States’ employment growth decreased by about 0.17 percentage points over the same period.

Current Employment Statistics

  • The chart below illustrates Nevada nonfarm job growth by industry for December 2025 (not seasonally adjusted).

Current Population Survey (CPS)

  • The chart below illustrates the 12-month moving average of the unemployment rate estimate by educational attainment level.

Current Population Survey (CPS)

12-Month Moving Average (MA) of Unemployment Rate Estimate by Educational Attainment
Educational Attainment December 2025 OTM Change in MA OTY Change in MA
Bachelor’s degree and higher 2.06% -0.2 -1.04
High school graduates, no college 6.14% -0.2 0.24
Less than a High school diploma 3.24% 0.01 -4.14
Some college or associate degree 3.82% 0.16 0.09
Notes:
1 Changes are measured in percentage points.
2 Positive changes are colored red to easily spot increases in the estimate of the unemployment rate.
Source:
Current Population Survey

CPS: Labor Force Statistics by Age Group

Employed Level,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group December 2025* OTY Change*
16-19 48.91 4.88
20-24 129.73 6.01
25-34 366.91 35.05
35-44 363.91 -1.32
45-54 345.36 28.13
55-64 254.73 17.02
65+ 107.55 -7.64
* Values are reported in thousdandths of persons
Labor Force Participation Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group December 2025 OTY Change*
16-19 38.40% 3.24
20-24 73.91% -1.24
25-34 83.20% 0.56
35-44 83.76% -0.38
45-54 83.37% -0.32
55-64 66.49% 3.29
65+ 21.20% -2.44
* Values are reported in percentage points
Unemployment Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Age Group December 2025 OTY Change*
16-19 23.94% 2.63
20-24 8.79% -1.51
25-34 4.84% -0.64
35-44 3.47% -1.87
45-54 2.76% -1.4
55-64 4.92% -0.03
65+ 10.22% -2.73
* Values are reported in percentage points

CPS: Labor Statistics by Gender and Race/Ethnicity (Ages 16+)

Employed Level,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity* December 2025* OTY Change*
All All 1537.69 3.08
All Black 153.84 -7.82
All Hispanic 509.40 30.52
All White 1095.94 -60.7
Female All 713.86 1.54
Female Black 78.07 -2.61
Female Hispanic 222.56 15.13
Female White 491.24 -31.9
Male All 820.82 -1.48
Male Black 76.91 -4.25
Male Hispanic 286.76 15.3
Male White 604.79 -28.7
* Values are reported in thousdandths of persons
Labor Force Participation Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity December 2025 OTY Change*
All All 61.70% -0.98
All Black 65.92% -0.13
All Hispanic 69.32% -0.27
All White 60.33% -2.27
Female All 56.88% -1.01
Female Black 65.86% -0.61
Female Hispanic 61.99% -0.33
Female White 54.39% -2.67
Male All 66.67% -0.82
Male Black 68.13% 1.3
Male Hispanic 76.48% 0.06
Male White 66.14% -1.88
* Values are reported in percentage points
Unemployement Rate,
12-Month Moving Average (MA)
Gender Race/Ethnicity December 2025 OTY Change*
All All 4.98% -0.21
All Black 10.09% 3.74
All Hispanic 5.05% -0.29
All White 4.63% -0.27
Female All 4.88% -0.35
Female Black 11.33% 5.24
Female Hispanic 5.54% 0.04
Female White 4.42% -0.67
Male All 5.52% 0.4
Male Black 10.26% 2.26
Male Hispanic 4.63% -0.51
Male White 4.77% 0.06
* Values are reported in percentage points