Las Vegas, NV (population: 570,083) has five vocational schools within its city limits. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest ranked school in the city with a vocational program, has a total student population of 29,080. It is the 1903rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Nevada (#1 is Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences).
Vocational students from Las Vegas schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Las Vegas-Paradise area alone, there are 3,110 employed middle school teachers earning an average salary of $48,600. Vocational education teachers in this area earn $40,550/yr and there are 680 employed.
Las Vegas lies in Clark county, which is one of the 8 counties in Nevada. Overall, the Las Vegas-Paradise area has 858,540 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $19.26/hr average worker wage, and a $40,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.791 out of every 1000 jobs in Las Vegas are held by vocational education teachers, and 3.626/1000 are held by middle school teachers.
Of the 5 vocational schools in Las Vegas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, High-Tech Institute-Las Vegas comes out as the most expensive ($24,876/yr) for vocational students, with University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the lowest, reported at only $8,166/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Las Vegas |
| North Las Vegas | NV | 236,574 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.1 miles |
| Henderson | NV | 265,681 | 11 | 16.4924 | 250 | 17.5 miles |
| Bullhead City | AZ | 41,377 | 0 | - | 0 | 84.6 miles |