# Counties in Nevada by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 17 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/nevada-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clark County | 1,142,466 |
| 2 | Washoe County | 243,154 |
| 3 | Carson City | 32,571 |
| 4 | Elko County | 22,540 |
| 5 | Douglas County | 21,634 |
| 6 | Storey County | 21,463 |
| 7 | Lyon County | 13,776 |
| 8 | Nye County | 13,712 |
| 9 | Churchill County | 9,051 |
| 10 | Humboldt County | 7,963 |
| 11 | White Pine County | 4,431 |
| 12 | Eureka County | 4,426 |
| 13 | Lander County | 3,698 |
| 14 | Pershing County | 2,108 |
| 15 | Lincoln County | 1,377 |
| 16 | Mineral County | 1,081 |
| 17 | Esmeralda County | 272 |