Some of Nevada’s hourly workers will be taking home a larger check after a ballot measure to raise the state’s minimum wage to $12 an hour is poised to pass.
While the state is still waiting on the final vote tally, 54.5 percent of voters supported the constitutional amendment to increase the minimum wage and 45.5 percent voted against the rate hike as of Friday afternoon.
Business leaders said the passage of ballot Question 2 could hurt businesses with tight margins, though many companies are already paying workers an hourly wage of at least $12 because of mounting pressure from a tight labor market.
Paige and Rye owner Lauren Tieru said her apparel and home goods store on South Hualapai Way has its lowest hourly wage set at $12, but she expects the company will eventually need to increase its wages.
“It’s competitive,” Tieru said. “I mean, the gas station around the corner has a sign that they’re hiring for like $16 an hour.”
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Nina Manchev, owner of Forte Tapas and CEO of The Caviar Collective, said everyone at her restaurant already makes more than $12 an hour.
“With inflation and food costs and supply issues, as an industry, it’s just one more thing facing us,” Manchev said.
Currently, the minimum wage is $10.50 an hour if a business doesn’t offer health benefits and $9.50 for businesses that offer health benefits.
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