Las Vegas does not impose a hotel-specific living wage. Nevada's constitutional minimum wage of $12 (Q2 ballot, 2022) covers all workers. Strip wages are set by collective bargaining with the Culinary Union Local 226, not by ordinance.
Unlike Los Angeles or Long Beach, Las Vegas has no living-wage ordinance targeting hotel workers. Wages are governed by Nevada's constitutional minimum wage — $12 per hour as of 2024 after Question 2 (November 2022) eliminated the two-tier health-insurance offset. NRS 608.250 statewide minimum-wage preemption blocks Las Vegas or Clark County from setting a higher local floor. In practice, Strip hotel housekeepers, food servers, and bartenders earn well above minimum due to UNITE HERE Culinary Union Local 226 contracts that cover roughly 60,000 workers and include health, pension, and free training through the Culinary Academy.
Below-minimum-wage payments violate NRS 608.250 and the Nevada Constitution; the Office of the Labor Commissioner investigates and can order back pay, liquidated damages, and civil penalties.
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