Best programs to become a material moving worker in Nevada
1 Nevada school offers programs that train for this job, graduating 1 people a year. The job pays a median of $42,970 in Nevada across about 190 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
You do not need a college degree to become a material moving worker. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Nevada is Ground Transportation (IPEDS completions). BLS lists no formal educational credential as the typical entry-level education.
All material moving workers not listed.
1 program in Nevada that leads to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Nevada (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Nevada page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 49.0202In Nevada → | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | $42,812 | $7,572 |
Top 1 schools in Nevada
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV Public · 1 feeder program | 1 | Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation | — | 19% | — | — |
All 1 schools in Nevada
Every school in Nevada with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | Public | 1 | 1 |
Fields of study in Nevada that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
What material moving workers, all other earn in Nevada
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $41,800. Nevada pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Nevada
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Material Moving Workers, All Other page.
How to become a material moving worker
- Typical entry education
- No formal educational credential
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Material Moving Workers, All Other1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 49.0202Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation
Common questions
Answers for people weighing material moving workers, all other programs in Nevada.
What degree do you need to become a material moving worker?+
You do not need a college degree to become a material moving worker. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Nevada is Ground Transportation (IPEDS completions). BLS lists no formal educational credential as the typical entry-level education.
Which college majors lead to becoming a material moving worker?+
The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Nevada is Ground Transportation (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 1 people a year in Nevada (IPEDS completions).
How much do material moving workers, all other earn in Nevada?+
The median is $42,970 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 2.8% above the U.S. median of $41,800. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for material moving workers, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Nevada?+
1 institutions in Nevada reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Short-term on-the-job training' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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