Nevada Guide · Updated 2026
Nevada Overtime Rules: The Two-Track Daily/Weekly Test
Nevada overtime trips up employers who assume it works like California or the federal floor. The key: whether an employee gets daily overtime depends on how much they earn.
Two tracks based on wage (NRS 608.018)
Overtime is 1.5× the regular rate, and the trigger depends on the employee's pay rate:
- Earning less than 1.5× the minimum wage (under $18.00/hr at a $12 minimum): overtime after 8 hours in a 24-hour period AND after 40 hours in a week.
- Earning 1.5× the minimum wage or more (at or above $18.00/hr): overtime after 40 hours in a week only — no daily overtime.
No daily double-time or seventh-day rule
Unlike California, Nevada has no 2× double-time and no special seventh-consecutive-day premium. Overtime is always 1.5×.
Who is exempt
NRS 608.018(3) lists exemptions (executive, administrative, and professional employees, outside salespersons, and others), and the federal FLSA white-collar tests also apply. Note Nevada has no separate 2×-minimum exempt-salary thresholdlike California's.
Common mistakes
- Forgetting daily overtime for lower-wage employees;
- Not re-checking the $18.00 cutoff when the minimum wage changes;
- Treating all salaried staff as exempt without meeting the duties test.
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