BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Nevada Unemployment Rate by County
Nevada statewide was 4.5% in August 2026, against 5.3% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 17 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
17 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Carson City3.4% · −0.6 pts
- Churchill County3.9% · −0.3 pts
- Clark County4.8% · −0.9 pts
- Douglas County3.4% · −0.5 pts
- Elko County2.8% · −0.7 pts
- Esmeralda County5.3% · 0.0 pts
- Eureka County4.5% · −0.5 pts
- Humboldt County2.8% · −0.6 pts
- Lander County3.5% · −1.2 pts
- Lincoln County4.0% · −0.7 pts
- Lyon County3.9% · −0.7 pts
- Mineral County7.0% · −3.6 pts
- Nye County5.7% · −0.8 pts
- Pershing County3.4% · −0.1 pts
- Storey County4.7% · −1.2 pts
- Washoe County3.4% · −0.8 pts
- White Pine County3.7% · −0.1 pts