Carson City, NV April 01, 2021
The Office of the Nevada Labor Commissioner
has released the 2021–2023 Prevailing Wage Survey. The completed surveys are due by 5:00 p.m. on July 15, 2021, to be
included in the process for determining the Prevailing Wage Rates for the period
covering October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2023.
The Labor Commissioner utilizes the survey process and information provided
during the survey to calculate the Prevailing Wage Rates by Job Classification
pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 338.020
through 338.035 and Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 338.010 through 338.030.
Prevailing
Wage Rates are required to be paid on Nevada public works construction projects
such as roadways and government buildings that cost more than $100,000.
Senate Bill 243 passed during the
80th Nevada Legislative Session (2019) and set forth in NRS 338.025,
now requires the Labor Commissioner to calculate the Prevailing Wage Rates by region.
The four prevailing wage regions are:
- The Washoe Prevailing Wage Region consisting of Washoe
County.
- The Northern Rural Prevailing Wage Region consisting
of Carson City and the counties of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka,
Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Storey, Pershing and White Pine.
- The Clark Prevailing Wage Region consisting of Clark
County.
- The Southern Rural Prevailing Wage Region consisting
of the counties of Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye.
The Prevailing
Wage Survey should be submitted online at www.labor.nv.gov or accessed directly at https://nlc.i-sight.com/external/wagessurvey/new.
You should contact the Office of the Labor Commissioner to request a hard copy
of the survey in Las Vegas at (702) 486-2650; or in Carson City at
(775) 684-1890. The website also contains convenient links to Nevada's
prevailing wage laws, as well as state required posters and other useful
employment information.
All contractors
who have worked on construction projects may participate in the survey, even if
they are not required to have a contractor’s license. It is important for
all contractors, particularly those working in rural areas, to participate as
much as possible in the survey to ensure that the calculated Prevailing Wage Rates
accurately reflect the rates that are being paid in a particular region.
Participation
by all contractors is extremely important to ensure that the prevailing wage
rates reflect the work performed and wages paid in a county. The Office of the Labor Commissioner will also consider
and review information submitted in accordance with NRS 338.020 through 338.035
and NAC 338.010 through 338.030.
Contractors should keep several
important factors in mind when completing the survey:
- All
data from all contractors will be reviewed. However,
the information must be within survey requirements. For example, work
must be done within the specified dates and must be for a job classification
included in the survey.
- Surveys
should include wages paid on private and commercial projects. To
establish a rate reflective of what has been paid, the survey should
include wages paid on all construction projects, not just publicly funded
projects.
- Rural
projects should be included. The size of a project is
not important. The important factors are: (1) Where was the work performed?
(2) What rate was paid in a location and for what job classification?
For more information about the 2021-2023
Prevailing Wage Survey, please contact Lleta Brown, Deputy Labor Commissioner,
at publicworks@labor.nv.gov, or at (702)
486-2650.
About
the Office of the Labor Commissioner
The Office of the Labor Commissioner, a division of the
Department of Business and Industry, strives to ensure that all workers are
treated fairly under the law by investigating complaints of non-payment of
wages, state minimum wage, overtime, and prevailing wage disputes. The office
also monitors youth employment standards, including work hours and safe,
non-hazardous working conditions.
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