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State Information > Characteristics of the PAS workforce > Nevada


Size and characteristics of the Nevada PAS workforce, 2005-07
 Number of PAS workersPercent of PAS workers
 
Total4,900100.0
 
Gender
Male500†10.3†
Female4,40089.7
 
Average age (years)45.6 
 
Race/ethnicity 
White3,50071.9
African American60012.3
Asian/Pacific Islander60012.4
Native American100†1.1†
Latino/Hispanic60011.3
 
Birthplace 
United States, incl. territories3,60073.4
Other countries1,30026.6
 
Family income 
< Federal Poverty Level800†15.5†
< 200% Federal Poverty Level2,10042.3
 
Type of worker 
Home health or nursing aide1,90038.2
Personal or home care attendant2,30045.9
Other80015.9
 
Type of employment 
Self-employed1,00019.8
Works for employer3,90080.2
Full-time workers (≥35 hrs/week)2,70054.8
Steadily employed (≥50 weeks/yr)3,20065.4
 
Annual earnings
 
Worker typeMedian (2007 dollars)
All workers$13,100
Full-time year-round workers$26,000
 
Consumer-to-worker ratio
 
RegionNo. with ADL difficulty per PAS worker
Nevada11.1
National average7.3


† Estimate has low statistical reliability (standard error is greater than 30% of estimate).
— Estimate is less than 50 people or 0.05 percent.



These estimates are based on an analysis conducted by the Center for Personal Assistance Services of a three-year combined sample of data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. PAS workers were identified according to both their occupation and industry of employment ( for details, see Kaye, H. S., Chapman, S., Newcomer, R. J., & Harrington, C. (2006). The Personal Assistance Workforce: Trends in supply and demand. Health Affairs, 25(4), 1113-1120). Because many PAS workers may not report this work to the Census Bureau as their primary occupation, the statistics presented probably underestimate the true number of workers in each state.

The number of workers by race and ethnicity may add up to more than the total for two reasons:

  • people can identify multiple races, in which case they are listed in more than one category, and
  • people identifying as Latino/Hispanic are also listed in a racial category (for example, white or African American).



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