Las Vegas-metro trade and transport jobs, September 2026
Las Vegas-metro trade, transportation and utilities employers had 210,000 people on payroll in September 2026, up 0.1% from a year earlier. That is 17.6% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 17.9% a year before.
The broadest supersector in the survey: wholesale and retail trade, warehousing, trucking, air and water transport, couriers and utilities.
The two charts answer different questions. The count peaked at 220,700 in November 2023 and says whether the sector is hiring. The share — from 17.8% in January 1990, with a high of 21.2% in December 2020 and a low of 16.4% in February 1997 — says whether it is growing faster or slower than the rest of the economy.
Not seasonally adjusted, so compare a month with the same month a year earlier. The share is computed at read time from two series in the same BLS release, so it stays consistent when the levels are revised.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, State & Area Employment, trade, transportation and utilities and total nonfarm payrolls, Las Vegas–Henderson–North Las Vegas MSA, not seasonally adjusted, via FRED (LASV832TRADN, LASV832NAN). The share is derived at read time. Auto-generated each build.