Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician Salary in Nevada (2026)
A Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician practicing in Nevada can expect a base salary inside the national Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation band of $290K to $430K, with the median tracking close to $335K. The Nevada variation on that number is driven mostly by anchor-employer comp structure in Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Sparks, Carson City and by shortage-area incentive stacking outside those metros — not by Nevada cost-of-living alone.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation compensation snapshot for Nevada
- Typical Nevada base range
- $290K – $430K (national median $335K)
- National demand signal
- high
- Top Nevada hiring metros
- Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Sparks, Carson City
- Nevada HPSA / shortage posture
- Rural and frontier Nevada counties carry HPSA designations; the entire state is among the worst-supplied for physicians per capita in the country
- Primary board
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Where Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offers land highest in Nevada
Nevada has the lowest physicians-per-capita ratio in the western US. Dominated by HCA, Renown Health, Intermountain Health, and University Medical Center. For Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the highest-comp Nevada opportunities I see are typically not in the urban core of Las Vegas — they sit in rural and HPSA-designated counties where the same Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation role carries a 10-25% base premium plus signing bonuses of $30K-$100K and loan repayment of $50K-$200K layered on top of base. That stacking can push an Nevada Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offer comfortably above the $430K national ceiling in year-one total cash.
Nevada incentive programs that boost Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation take-home
The Nevada Health Service Corps loan repayment program supports primary care, behavioral health, and dental providers in HPSA sites. The Nevada Conrad State 30 J-1 waiver program is competitive and consistently filled given the size of Nevada's structural physician shortage. NHSC loan repayment is widely used across Las Vegas, Reno, and rural Nevada FQHCs. Several Nevada-specific rural recruitment grants supplement these for frontier-county placements. For Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specifically, these federal and state programs frequently add the equivalent of $30K-$60K per year of pre-tax value over the first three years of service.
How I benchmark a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offer in Nevada
When a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation candidate sends me an Nevada offer, I check three things in order: (1) where the base lands inside the $290K–$430K band relative to MGMA regional percentiles, (2) the wRVU conversion factor and ramp/threshold structure, and (3) the call burden and stipend. Nevada's licensing pace also matters for ramp timing: The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners and Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine license with typical timelines of 60-90 days for US-trained physicians.
Engage a Nevada Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation compensation review
Email hire@physicianrecruitment.com for a written Nevada Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation compensation review of any offer you've received, at no cost. We benchmark against MGMA/AMGA percentiles and the active Nevada Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation pipeline we're working in real time.