The newcomers

The demographics of Southern Nevada are growing increasingly young, diverse and wealthy. "The diversification of the types of companies in Las Vegas has created a larger workforce pool,” said Jason Bruckman, with national staffing company Eastridge Workforce Solutions. The transplants making Las Vegas their home today are also younger and bringing in higher median household incomes. "Two early causes for the higher wage appear to be higher wages in the geographies of origin and the fact that we are attracting workers to fill higher wage positions," Aguero said.