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Nevada & New Mexico Minimum Wage Calculator

Nevada allows no tip credit: tipped workers must receive the full $12.00 before tips.

Nevada, New Mexico share this page. Their rules produce the same answer to within a rounding difference, so publishing separate near-identical pages would add URLs without adding information. Every figure below applies to all 2.

Nevada minimum wage earnings estimator

Nevada allows no tip credit: tipped workers must receive the full $12.00 before tips.

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Nevada at a glance

FigureNevadaSource
State minimum wage$12.00/hr[4]
Tipped cash wage$12.00/hr[4]
Full-time annual gross$24,960[4]
Median 2BR rent$1,733[1]

[4] [1] Sources

State minimum wage — all 50 states

Nevada highlighted. Same data as the table below, shown as a distribution so the comparison is visible at a glance.

State minimum wage — all 50 states. Nevada is $12, ranked 23 of 50. The national median is $11, the highest is $17 (Washington), and the lowest is $7 (Wyoming). WA $17 NY $17 CT $17 CA $17 HI $16 RI $16 NJ $16 OR $16 CO $15 AZ $15 ME $15 DE $15 IL $15 MD $15 MA $15 MO $15 NE $15 VT $14 AK $14 FL $14 MI $14 VA $13 NV $12 NM $12 SD $12 MN $11 AR $11 OH $11 MT $11 WV $9 AL $7 GA $7 ID $7 IN $7 IA $7 KS $7 KY $7 LA $7 MS $7 NH $7 NC $7 ND $7 OK $7 PA $7 SC $7 TN $7 TX $7 UT $7 WI $7 WY $7

Highlighted: Nevada, ranked 23 of 50. Median $11.

Nevada earnings by hours and weeks worked

Annual gross at Nevada's $12.00 minimum across realistic schedules.

Hours/week26 wks36 wks44 wks48 wks50 wks52 wks
10 h$3,120$4,320$5,280$5,760$6,000$6,240
12 h$3,744$5,184$6,336$6,912$7,200$7,488
15 h$4,680$6,480$7,920$8,640$9,000$9,360
18 h$5,616$7,776$9,504$10,368$10,800$11,232
20 h$6,240$8,640$10,560$11,520$12,000$12,480
24 h$7,488$10,368$12,672$13,824$14,400$14,976
25 h$7,800$10,800$13,200$14,400$15,000$15,600
28 h$8,736$12,096$14,784$16,128$16,800$17,472
30 h$9,360$12,960$15,840$17,280$18,000$18,720
32 h$9,984$13,824$16,896$18,432$19,200$19,968
35 h$10,920$15,120$18,480$20,160$21,000$21,840
37.5 h$11,700$16,200$19,800$21,600$22,500$23,400
40 h$12,480$17,280$21,120$23,040$24,000$24,960
45 h$14,040$19,440$23,760$25,920$27,000$28,080
50 h$15,600$21,600$26,400$28,800$30,000$31,200

Worked figures for Nevada

Nevada values:

HoursWeeklyMonthlyAnnualRent Burden
10 h/wk$120$520$6,240333%
15 h/wk$180$780$9,360222%
20 h/wk$240$1,040$12,480167%
25 h/wk$300$1,300$15,600133%
30 h/wk$360$1,560$18,720111%
35 h/wk$420$1,820$21,84095%
40 h/wk$480$2,080$24,96083%
45 h/wk$540$2,340$28,08074%
50 h/wk$600$2,600$31,20067%

How Nevada compares nationally

On state minimum wage, Nevada ranks #23 of 50 at $12.00/hr — 5% above the median of $11.41/hr. The national range runs from $7.25/hr (Wyoming) to $17.13/hr (Washington).

RankStateState minimum wage
#21Michigan$13.73/hr
#22Virginia$12.77/hr
#23Nevada$12.00/hr
#24New Mexico$12.00/hr
#25South Dakota$11.85/hr

No tip credit — full minimum before tipss, ranked

Same rule structure as Nevada:

StateState minimum wagevs Nevada
California$16.90/hr+40.8%
Alaska$14.00/hr+16.7%
Nevada$12.00/hr—
Minnesota$11.41/hr-4.9%
Montana$10.85/hr-9.6%

Nevada questions, answered with Nevada numbers

What is the minimum wage in Nevada?▾
$12.00/hour · rank #23/50 · $4.75 above the federal floor.
What does that pay full time in Nevada?▾
$24,960/year · $2,080/month · $480/week at 40 h.
Can it cover Nevada rent?▾
Median 2BR rent is $1,733 · that is 83% of full-time minimum-wage income (well above the 30% affordability benchmark).
What about tipped work in Nevada?▾
Nevada allows no tip credit · full $12.00 cash wage required before tips.
Part-time at 20 hours?▾
$12,480/year · $1,040/month · rent would take 167% of it.

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Last reviewed 2026-08-26. Nevada figures only — verify with the relevant Nevada agency before acting. How this is calculated.