Nevada Payroll & Paycheck Tax Calculator

To legally hire employees in Nevada, you’ll need to register with the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) for a State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) account where you’ll pay mandatory unemployment insurance on 66% of the average Nevada annual wage. It’s a snap to register online through the Nevada Employer Self-Service portal. Almost all Nevada for-profit businesses must register.

SUTA is paid by employers — it won’t come out of employee paychecks through withholding.

There’s less red tape in Nevada. But state and federal authorities still want that paperwork. So remember to file the following:
• Federal W-4 withholding forms for employee withholding
• Federal forms from the IRS:
• Form 941 (Quarterly federal tax return)
• Form 940 (Federal Unemployment Tax, FUTA)
• W-2 and 1099 (Year-end wage reporting)
• New Hire Reports: Nevada’s New Hire Reporting form, due within 20 days of hire. You can print and mail the form, print your own written information, send copies of W-4s, or even report via FTP, but there’s no simple online submission.
• Modified Business Tax (MBT): This Nevada-specific payroll tax is paid by the employer through the Nevada Department of Taxation. It’s based on the total gross wages paid to employees, with a few deductions, and it applies to almost all Nevada employers, even though there’s no personal or corporate income tax in the state.

Nevada’s minimum wage is $12/hour.

Tipped employees are entitled to the full minimum wage. There’s no tip credit allowed.

But remember the state’s overtime rules when calculating payroll: in Nevada, employees earning less than 150% of minimum wage ($18/hour in 2025) qualify for overtime at 1.5X their pay after 8 hours of work in a single day or 40 hours in a single week. 

Employees earning over $18 per hour are still eligible for overtime pay on a weekly, though not daily, basis.

Payroll is about more than how much you pay and withhold under different circumstances; it’s about when you pay, too. Nevada requires you pay employees “regularly” and at least twice a month, with wages paid within 7 days of the end of any given pay period. 

Thinking about terminating an employee? Wages will be due immediately for all work completed. If an employee quits, wages are due by the next scheduled payday or within 7 days (whichever comes first).

Hit up our super straightforward Nevada payroll calculator. Even though Nevada doesn’t have state income taxes, employees still need a simple way to calculate pay, overtime, federal, and state unemployment tax obligations. It’s even easier since Nevada has no city or municipal taxes that are withheld from employees’ paychecks.

You’ll file quarterly wage reports through DETR, even if no wages are paid that quarter. And you’ll also remit MBT returns quarterly to the Nevada Department of Taxation. You’ll also pay SUTA taxes quarterly, which will be adjusted after 3 full years of reporting, and can then range from .25% to 5.4% depending on risk.