According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in August 2025, the national unemployment rate for the United States was 4.3%. While 22,000 new jobs were added in August, led by job gains in the healthcare industry, this did little to offset those who lost work in career fields related to oil, gas, and mining, as well as the mass layoff of federal employees.

A program at UNLV is working with Las Vegas Valley high schools to recruit future technology experts as demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to grow.

Investors bought nearly a half-million homes in the Las Vegas Valley since 2009, according to a new report. Investors purchased approximately 492,634 homes since the start of the Great Recession and made up 23 percent of all home purchases in the valley last year, according to the latest report from UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, which uses data from Redfin.

Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.

Las Vegas tourism is projected to rebound in 2026 by one million visitors after a slowdown this year. In addition, a panel of experts told the city’s business leaders that sports will continue to help drive visitation to the city, along with resorts lowering prices and creating more value.

Las Vegas tourism is projected to rebound in 2026 by one million visitors after a slowdown this year. In addition, a panel of experts told the city’s business leaders that sports will continue to help drive visitation to the city, along with resorts lowering prices and creating more value.

In breaking ranks to end the federal government shutdown this week, Nevada’s two Democratic senators showcased the shifting politics of the once solidly blue state, home to a diverse, working-class population that relies heavily on tourism. In the national battle for party expansion, Republicans have the edge in the Silver State.

Southern Nevada’s economy is showing signs of distress but remains steady as businesses and analysts adjust, according to the latest outlook from UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research, released at the group’s annual conference Thursday.

Southern Nevada is expected to add the equivalent of Henderson’s population in the next decade, and the unemployment rate, as well as growth, is expected to stabilize, according to a report from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Amid an ongoing dip in gaming and visitor numbers in Las Vegas, questions have continued to swirl about our local economy.

Only one job sector’s real wage in Clark County has kept up with the rate of inflation since the end of the pandemic, leading to the region’s growing affordability gap, according to a UNLV economist. And it’s not the hospitality sector, which drives the region’s economy.

Las Vegas is experiencing increasing turbulence, not on the casino floors, but in the skies above. Harry Reid International Airport faced delays or cancellations on more than a quarter of all scheduled flights on Monday, leaving thousands of travelers stranded and tourism-dependent local businesses bracing for an economic hit.