Nevada prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- Nevada has its own prevailing-wage law (NRS Chapter 338 (threshold: NRS 338.080)), applying to public-works contracts over $100,000, administered by Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 58 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 17 Nevada counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in Nevada earned $1,671/week (≈ $41.77/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #19 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
Recent change: 2019 — AB 136 lowered the threshold from $250,000 to $100,000.
The Labor Commissioner sets rates via an annual county survey.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner - official Nevada prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the Nevada determination index and open the official SAM.gov document for your construction type.
- Read the classification line - base rate plus fringe (how to read a determination); compute totals and overtime with the calculator.
Federal determinations at a glance
Building: 19 · Heavy: 19 · Highway: 19 · Residential: 5 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Nevada wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 16 active SCA determinations for Nevada.
Recently revised determinations
- NV20260110 (rev 1) - modified , Highway
- NV20260109 (rev 1) - modified , Highway
- NV20260108 (rev 2) - modified , Highway
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Nevada at $1,671/week (+7.4% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on Nevada construction wages.
Learn the system
What a prevailing wage is · The Davis-Bacon Act · Certified payroll · Fringe calculator
Data on this page is from U.S. government public-domain sources - free to reuse with credit and a link to prevailingwageindex.com.