Current Minimum Wage
Nevada minimum wage$12.00since July 1, 2024

State minimum wage

Nevada minimum wage

$12.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026. Tipped cash wage $12.00. 1 local rates are higher.

  • The Nevada minimum wage is $12.00 an hour, set by state law effective .
  • No increase is currently scheduled in Nevada.
  • Tipped employees must be paid at least $12.00 in cash and there is no tip credit.
  • At $12.00 an hour, full-time work (2,080 hours) pays $24,960 a year before taxes.
  • 1 local rates in Nevada are higher than the state rate; the highest is $12.00 for Nevada (no local minimum wage ordinances; statewide rate).

Tipped cash wage

$12.00
No tip credit allowed

Youth / training

None
No youth subminimum rate. NRS 608.250 excludes certain categories from the minimum wage (fetch summary listed employees under 18, casual babysitters, and trainees during the first 90 days); exact...

Next change

None scheduled
Set by statute; no indexing

Local rates

1 in effect
Not verified.

Local minimum wages in Nevada

Where a city or county rate is higher, it governs inside that jurisdiction.

Nevada (no local minimum wage ordinances; statewide rate)$12.00since July 1, 2024

Coverage, exemptions, and history

Who is covered. All employees regardless of offered employer health benefits, unless otherwise exempted (2025 Annual Bulletin, posted 2025-06-23, reaffirms $12.00 effective....

Tipped employees. No tip credit; tips cannot be counted toward the minimum wage (NRS 608.250).

Recent history. Two-tier rates (lower rate if qualifying health benefits offered) ended July 1, 2024 under AB 456 (2019) and Question 2 (2022); single $12.00 rate since then.

Daily overtime applies to employees earning less than 1.5x the minimum wage (i.e., under $18.00/hour): time-and-a-half over 8 hours in a workday (NRS 608.018), with exceptions such as agreed 4x10 schedules.

Statute. Nev.

Common questions

What is the minimum wage in Nevada?

$12.00 an hour as of September 2, 2026, under state law effective July 1, 2024.

When does the Nevada minimum wage go up next?

No increase is scheduled.

What is the tipped minimum wage in Nevada?

$12.00 in cash, with no tip credit allowed.

Do any cities in Nevada have a higher minimum wage?

Yes: Nevada (no local minimum wage ordinances; statewide rate) $12.00.

Sources

  1. https://labor.nv.gov/Wages/Minimum_Wage/ official
  2. https://labor.nv.gov/Wages/Minimum_Wage_Bulletins/ official
  3. https://labor.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/labornvgov/content/Wages/25.06.23%20-%202025%20Minimum%20Wage%20Bulletin(1).pdf official
  4. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-608.html official
  5. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state official
  6. https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages

Checked 2026-09-02 against Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner (Department of Business and Industry); researcher confidence 0.90.