What Gambling Dealers earn in Clark County, NV
According to the latest federal wage data for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area, the median pay for Gambling Dealers in Clark County, NV is $25,690 a year, or $12.35 an hour. After federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare (and no state income tax), the paycheck shrinks to $22,731 a year, and rent, food and energy take another bite. The sections below walk through each step with the actual math for Clark County, NV.
The mean wage is $36,420, which is 41.8% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 15,530 people working in this occupation across the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Clark County, NV has roughly 2,329,548 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Gambling Dealers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $24,960 a year ($12.00 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $77,640 or more ($37.33 an hour). That is a gap of $52,680 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $24,960 at the 25th percentile and $26,250 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 3.1 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $12.35 an hour or $25,690 a year at the median for Clark County, NV. Before any deductions, that is $2,141 a month, $988 every two weeks and $494 each week. After taxes the same job pays $10.93 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
How pay in Clark County, NV compares
Compared with the Nevada average
Pay for Gambling Dealers in Clark County, NV is in line with the statewide figure: $25,690 locally against an employment-weighted Nevada average of $25,686, a difference of only $4 (0.0%).
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Gambling Dealers is $32,095 across the contiguous United States. At $25,690, Clark County, NV pays $6,405 less, which is 20.0% below that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Clark County, NV
Among the 518 occupations with published wages in Clark County, NV, Gambling Dealers ranks number 516 by median pay, ahead of about 0% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Registered Nurses at $103,940 a year, which is $78,250 more than the median for Gambling Dealers.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Gambling Dealers earning the Clark County, NV median of $25,690, they add up to $2,959. The result is $22,731 of take-home pay a year ($1,894 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $12 goes to taxes and $88 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 11.5%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $9,940. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 10% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $994, an effective 3.9% of gross pay, well below the 10% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $1,593 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $373. FICA totals $1,965, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Nevada
Nevada does not tax wage income, so the state income tax line for Gambling Dealers in Clark County, NV is $0. That alone leaves more in the paycheck than the same salary would in a state with an income tax. For scale, a hypothetical flat 5% state tax on this salary would cost about $1,285 a year, so the absence of a state tax is worth roughly $107 a month.
A cross-check with IRS data for Clark County, NV
IRS Statistics of Income data for Clark County, NV show an average adjusted gross income of $92,291 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 15.0% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 4.8%, compared with the 3.9% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Clark County, NV
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Clark County, NV: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $22,731 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Clark County, NV, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $1,435 a month ($17,220 a year), and at $1,686 for two bedrooms. For Gambling Dealers, a one-bedroom absorbs 75.8% of take-home pay and 67.0% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 13.4% of gross pay for Gambling Dealers in Clark County, NV. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Nevada residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,585 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $730, for $2,314 in total. Gasoline in Nevada averages $3.96 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,832.
What is left over
The basics cost $24,802 a year in Clark County, NV, but take-home pay for Gambling Dealers is $22,731. That is a shortfall of $2,071 a year, or $173 a month, before health care, transportation beyond fuel, debt or savings. Closing the gap would take roughly 189 extra paid hours a year at the take-home hourly rate of $10.93, or a second earner, a cheaper home or a roommate.
Can Gambling Dealers afford to live in Clark County, NV?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $25,690 that ceiling is $642 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $1,435 is $793 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $27.60 an hour; the median for Gambling Dealers is $12.35, which is 55% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $10.93 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 30.3 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,686 a month means $843 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $7,104 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $5,033, which turns the shortfall into a surplus.
How fast you can save
With no monthly margin after the four basics, saving requires a change on one side of the ledger: higher pay than the $25,690 median, lower housing costs than the $1,435 one-bedroom rent, or a second income.
Frequently asked questions about Gambling Dealers pay in Clark County, NV
How much do Gambling Dealers make per hour in Clark County, NV?
The median is $12.35 per hour, based on $25,690 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $12.00 at the 10th percentile to $37.33 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Gambling Dealers take home after taxes in Clark County, NV?
After federal income tax, FICA, the median salary of $25,690 becomes $22,731 a year. That is $1,894 a month, $874 every two weeks or $437 a week.
How much tax do Gambling Dealers pay in Clark County, NV?
Total taxes are $2,959 a year, an effective rate of 11.5%: $994 federal income tax, $1,965 FICA and no Nevada income tax.
Do Gambling Dealers earn more in Clark County, NV than elsewhere in Nevada?
It is about the same. The local median of $25,690 is within 0.0% of the Nevada average of $25,686.
Can Gambling Dealers afford a one-bedroom apartment in Clark County, NV?
A one-bedroom costs $1,435 a month against take-home pay of $1,894, which is 75.8% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $642 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Gambling Dealers in Clark County, NV?
Nothing remains: the basics cost $24,802 a year, which is $2,071 more than take-home pay, a monthly shortfall of $173.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Clark County, NV at the 30% guideline?
$27.60 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $17,220 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Gambling Dealers is $12.35.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Nevada rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.