2025-2027 Prevailing Wage Survey Released

The Office of the Nevada Labor Commissioner has released the 2025–2027 Prevailing Wage Survey. Completed surveys are due by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 to be included in the process for determining the prevailing wage rates for the period covering October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027.

Nevada law requires the Labor Commissioner to conduct an annual survey of contractors who have performed construction work and consider other relevant information pursuant to NAC 338.020, to determine the prevailing wage rates for the upcoming year. Prevailing wage rates are required to be paid on Nevada public works construction projects such as roadways and government buildings that cost more than $100K.

The Prevailing Wage Survey can be accessed at the Office of Labor Commissioner’s website, https://labor.nv.gov/, Prevailing Wage, or directly at https://labornv.caseiq.app/portal/pwp-survey. The website contains instructions as well as convenient links to Nevada’s prevailing wage laws, State-required posters and other useful employment information.

All contractors who have worked on construction projects from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 may participate in the survey, even if they are not required to have a contractors’ 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 county or region. If no rates are reported for a specific job classification in a county or region, the Labor Commissioner may rely on wage rates reported in the nearest county or region. Contractors should keep several important facts 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’s 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. Where the work was performed and what rate contractors paid for a specific job classification in a given location are the important factors.

For more information or questions about completing the Prevailing Wage Survey, contact publicworks@labor.nv.gov or at 702-486-2650.