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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 62.43
The average living wage for the state of Nevada is $30.4/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Nevada a minimum wage score of 53.11 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $9.75/hr, which gives Nevada a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 100 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Nevada is $202.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 45.07 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 52.38

✓ Nevada does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Nevada does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Nevada does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Nevada does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Nevada does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Nevada does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Nevada does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Nevada does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Nevada does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Nevada does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Nevada does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Nevada does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Nevada does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
✓ Nevada does extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 50

X Nevada does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Nevada does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Nevada does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Nevada does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Nevada does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Nevada does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Clark County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 17.42% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 53.66%
Republican: 44.31%
Other: 1.13%
Libertarian: 0.9%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 89044, 89054, 89101, 89102, 89103, 89104, 89106, 89107, 89108, 89109, 89110, 89113, 89115, 89117, 89118, 89119, 89120, 89121, 89122, 89123, 89124, 89128, 89129, 89130, 89131, 89134, 89135, 89138, 89139, 89141, 89142, 89143, 89144, 89145, 89146, 89147, 89148, 89149, 89156, 89161, 89166, 89169, 89178, 89179, 89183, 89191
Latitude : 36.076705
Longitude : -115.089514
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 1914 ft.
Area Code(s) : 702, 725

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.61
Male Population Estimate : 42.76%
Female Population Estimate : 42.51%
Median Age : 37.3
Male Median Age : 36.8
Female Median Age : 37.5

White Population Estimate : 54.44%
Black Population Estimate : 10.17%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 26.34%
Asian Population Estimate : 9.96%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 1.17%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.28%
Other Population Estimate : 13.81%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Las Vegas specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Clark County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Clark County: About 757 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Clark County is about 45% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 62% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.