Nevada Minimum Wage Increase to $7.55 on July 1, 2009

The state of Nevada has increased its minimum wage from $6.85 per hour to $7.55 per hour for regular employees and from the current $5.85 per hour to $6.55 per hour for employees with qualifying health benefits, effective July 1, 2009.

Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has announced that to increase the state's minimum wages and take effect this summer. As of July 1, 2009, the minimum wage for employees who receive qualified health benefits from their employers will increase from $5.85 per hour to $6.55 per hour and the minimum wage for employees who do not receive health benefits will increase from $6.85 per hour to $7.55 per hour.

These increases are in accordance with the annual adjustment to Nevada's minimum wage required by the 2006 amendment to the Nevada Constitution. The next time change will depend on cumulative increases to the federal minimum wage and the consumer price index. These increases to the minimum wage will also impact the payment of overtime in the state.