Find a job in Las Vegas
Jobs, warehouse jobs, jobs hiring — whatever brought you here, the free help in Nevada runs through two public programs, not a job board. And Nevada law gives you rights before you're ever hired.
What to do first
Your rights while you apply
| Rule | What it means for you | Source |
|---|---|---|
| No salary history | An employer or employment agency may not ask what you were paid before, rely on it, or refuse to hire you for not telling. It may ask what pay you expect | NRS 613.133(1), (3) |
| Pay range after the interview | Once you've completed an interview, the employer must give you the pay range or rate for the job | NRS 613.133(2)(a) |
| No credit check, as a rule | An employer may not require, request or use your credit report to hire you, with listed exceptions such as jobs handling money, confidential information or other people's personal data, supervisory or law enforcement jobs, and any job at a bank or other chartered financial institution or a licensed gaming establishment such as a casino | NRS 613.570, 613.580 |
| No discrimination | An employer with 15 or more employees may not refuse to hire because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or national origin | NRS 613.330, 613.310 |
| Minimum wage | $12.00 an hour for every hour worked, one rate, and tips can't be counted toward it | Nev. Const. art. 15, sec. 16 |
Read 2026-10-20 off the Nevada Revised Statutes and the Nevada Constitution. NRS 608.250 still prints an older two-tier minimum wage; the Constitution, amended effective 1 July 2024, controls. A discrimination complaint must be filed with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission within 300 days of what happened (NRS 233.160(1)(b)). A lawsuit under NRS 613.420 must be brought within 180 days of the act or 90 days after you receive NERC's right-to-sue notice, whichever is later, and that clock is paused while a NERC complaint is pending (NRS 613.430).
Leaving a job: the final paycheck clock
| How the job ended | When final pay is due | If it's late |
|---|---|---|
| You were fired | Immediately (NRS 608.020(1)) | Your wages keep running at the same rate from the day you left until you're paid, up to 30 days, once the employer misses the deadline (3 days late for a firing or a temporary layoff; any delay for a quit) (NRS 608.040) |
| Temporary layoff with possible recall | Immediately (NRS 608.020(2)) | |
| You quit | Next regular payday, or 7 days after you quit, whichever is earlier (NRS 608.030) |
Looking for work while you draw unemployment
Part-time work does not cancel your claim. Your weekly payment is your benefit amount minus two-thirds of what you earned that week (NRS 612.350), so a shift almost always leaves you ahead — as long as you report it. Turning down suitable work without good cause can disqualify you until you go back to covered work and earn at least your weekly benefit amount in each of a set number of weeks, up to 15, but "suitable" weighs your health and safety, your training, your experience, your past pay and how long you've been out (NRS 612.390(1)–(2)). And you can never be denied for refusing a job that is open because of a strike or lockout, that pays substantially less than the local going rate for similar work, or that requires you to join a company union (NRS 612.390(3)). If you decline a referral for one of those reasons, say so in writing.
Programs and help that apply
Good to know
Keep a one-page job log: date, employer, the job, how you applied, who you talked to, and what happened. It's your work-search record for unemployment, it's how you follow up a week later, and it's what you hand the next person who asks how you found work.