Las Vegas’ Skilled Workforce
Southern Nevada’s Expanding Labor Market
Southern Nevada’s economy is expanding, with both workforce and individual worker productivity on the rise. In the past decade, Las Vegas has gained more than 315,000 residents and 283,000 employees – with a total labor force of 1.2 million. The projected employment growth rate for the region is 18.8% over the next 20 years, with sectors like healthcare and tech expected to see significant expansion. The average contribution to GDP per worker is also growing, especially as more skilled industries take root in the region. Simply stated: Las Vegas has the skilled workers and workforce pipelines your company needs to deliver outstanding solutions to your stakeholders. In fact, depending on your hiring needs, Nevada offers reimbursement programs that will compensate you up to $10k for onboarding and training costs for each new local hire you make. If you’re a CEO looking to grow or scale your business, get to know the incredible workforce resources available to you here in Las Vegas.
Discover Your Workforce
With a labor force of 1.2 million people, the Las Vegas Valley is ready to go to work. Hear from local business executives about their experience hiring and training talent in the region.
A Workforce Analysis Tool Designed To Find Your Workforce
Powered by LVGEA’s City Check, the Talent Pipeline Dashboard is a workforce analysis tool designed to provide you with a comprehensive list of industry training programs available in Southern Nevada. Search for an occupation or industry, and you’ll gain access to a report featuring the currently available workforce, current program enrollees, and detailed information about the region’s training programs. Don’t see what you need? Reach out to us directly, and we’ll help you custom-build a workforce pipeline for your business.
Create Your Custom Workforce Analysis
LVGEA helps you recruit, hire, and train a skilled workforce, at no cost!
LVGEA offers a dedicated workforce talent liaison who works directly with companies to recruit, hire, and train a skilled workforce. This trained professional can analyze your training and hiring needs, create a strategy to connect your business with Nevada’s workforce and identify financial incentives to help your business grow. Most importantly, our services are offered at no cost to you!
Build Your WorkforceEmployNV Business Hubs
With convenient locations throughout Southern Nevada, these American Job Centers provide employers with no-cost employment and training strategies.
Financial Incentives
The state offers a variety of financial incentives to help businesses grow and prosper. Incentives range from hiring and training incentives to tax credits for hiring Nevadans.
Job Seeker Database
Get access to Nevada’s largest database of active job seekers: EmployNV.gov. The site allows you to customize your job listings, sends alerts when a candidate applies or meets your requirements, and offers virtual candidate matching.
Hiring Events and Job Fairs
We’re experts at helping businesses host successful hiring events and job fairs, including virtual online events. These events can be hosted at one of the EmployNV offices or your business site.
Connect With LVGEA To Learn More
Amy Respini
Workforce Talent Liaison
Amy Respini, LVGEA’s Talent Liaison, dedicated to helping your business recruit, hire, and train skilled employees. With her expertise in workforce development and community partnerships, Amy connects businesses to resources, financial incentives, and a diverse talent pool.
Let Amy help your business grow and thrive with no-cost services.
Workforce Resources
Offset Training Costs
Under a federal program, businesses are reimbursed up to 90% of a new employee’s wage and up to a maximum of $10,000 for on-the-job training. The length of training is dependent on the candidate’s current skills and the required skills for the position.
Check to see if you might be eligible to take advantage of this funding:
Silver State Works
Through this state program, employers can receive up to $2,000 per employee in financial incentives or training allowances for new hires. Available incentives include employer-based training, on-the-job training, and incentive-based employment.
Learn more about the incentives available and how you could qualify:
Vocational Rehabilitation
This state program offers financial incentives and ongoing workforce development services to businesses that hire people with disabilities. Incentives include a credit for companies that incur expenses to provide access to persons with disabilities, tax deductions for removing barriers to mobility, and a work opportunity tax credit for hiring employees with disabilities.
See how you can create a diverse and inclusive work environment while saving money:
Federal Tax Credits
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit available to employers who hire individuals who have consistently faced barriers to employment. Employers may claim a tax credit if they hire an individual who is in a WOTC-targeted group.
Learn more about how you can reduce your federal tax liability while also increasing workplace diversity:
Additional Workforce Training Resources
As Southern Nevada’s Local Workforce Development Board, Workforce Connections connects job seekers to education, job training, and employment opportunities.
DETR is Nevada’s lead workforce development agency, providing job training and placement, unemployment insurance benefits, labor market data and more.
This state agency helps drive a skilled, diverse, and aligned workforce in Nevada by promoting cooperation and collaboration among all entities focused on workforce development.
With more than 370 career programs and 1,000 short-term and compliance courses, Vegas PBS’ Workforce Education program provides Southern Nevadans a path to fulfilling careers.
Where To Find Your Workforce
Las Vegas is home to eight major higher education institutions offering hundreds of specialized degree and certificate programs to more than 71,000 students annually. Nevada leaders invest heavily in the state’s education system, recently approving $12 billion in additional funding for higher education programs in 2023.
Regional Medical Schools Answer Call For Skilled Healthcare Professionals
As Las Vegas’ population continues to expand, so does the need to educate and train the medical professionals to staff the growing number of specialized medical facilities within the region, and to provide a talent pipeline for the region’s expanding healthcare and biotech industries.
Trade & Technical Programs
Not all jobs require a higher education degree. Many in-demand trades, including medical assistants, aviation mechanics, and HVAC specialists, only require vocational training. The Las Vegas Valley is home to several dozen private trade and technical schools that focus on hands-on training and offer professional certification and two-year associate degrees.
Discover Skilled Talent
Choose A City That Fits Your Needs…City Check It!
You wouldn’t buy a used car without running a vehicle history report, and you wouldn’t hire a babysitter without doing a background check. Smart business leaders know you shouldn’t make an expansion or relocation decision without City Checking it!
City Check is a tool that compares the long-term cost savings and quality of life benefits of doing business in the Las Vegas Valley versus other cities. Tell us more about your business and at no cost to you, LVGEA will run the numbers and provide you a “City Check” that pinpoints why locating or expanding your business in Southern Nevada is the best decision for your company.
Connect with one of our relocation specialists and start your City Check today!
