Nevada Minimum Wage Law

Effective November 28, 2006, employers who make a a qualified health insurance plan available to their employees can pay a minimum wage of $5.15 per hour. Employers who don't make a qualified plan available must pay at least $6.15 per hour. A qualified plan must provide coverage for an employee and his or her dependents and the cost to the employee can not exceed ten percent of the employee's gross taxable income. Before November 28, 2006, the minimum wage rate in Nevada is $5.15 per hour.

All employees in private employment in Nevada are covered by its minimum wage law except for employees who are under the age of 18 who are employed by nonprofit organizations for after school or summer employment or employed as trainees for a period not longer than 90 days. Federal minimum wage rates apply to the employees exempt from the state minimum wage rate law.