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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

Washoe County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 8.89% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 50.82%
Republican: 46.3%
Other: 1.48%
Libertarian: 1.4%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 89521
Latitude : 39.385645
Longitude : -119.686873
TimeZone : Pacific (GMT -08:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : West
Average Elevation : 6392 ft.
Area Code(s) : 775

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.52
Male Population Estimate : 30.67%
Female Population Estimate : 31.74%
Median Age : 37.3
Male Median Age : 36.8
Female Median Age : 37.8

White Population Estimate : 54.15%
Black Population Estimate : 1.18%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 6.57%
Asian Population Estimate : 5.74%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.51%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.00%
Other Population Estimate : 2.34%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Vc Highlands specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Washoe County: About 5 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Washoe County: About 439 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Washoe County is about 16% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 34% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.