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Nevada · 2026 pay

How much do Public Utilities Commission (Nevada) employees make?

$122,920typical pay for full-year employees in 2026

$95,264 – $142,066what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $122,920.

Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll) publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Regulatory Engineer EaSenior Attorney EaRegulatory Accountant Ea

✓ Official data from Nevada State Controller (Open Payroll)Matches the agency's latest releasecontroller.nv.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$86,510

$122,348

$140,646

$165,664

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay for full-year employees went from $109,308 in 2024 to $122,920 in 2026 (+12%).

What changed since 2025

  • −0.8%Typical pay for full-year employees went down from $123,860 to $122,920.
  • −0.8%Typical raise for the 96 people paid in both 2025 and 2026. About 7% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 5 new5 people were paid for the first time in 2026, and 4 people paid in 2025 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +12%Since 2024, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $109,308 to $122,920, while the number of people paid went down from 106 to 101.

The agency updates it every pay period.

Pay slip · 2026

A typical worker's year

Public Utilities Commission (Nevada)

3years of
official data
2024–2026
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$122,348
Overtime$0
Extra pay$0
Total for the year$122,348

Average of the 6 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Nevada State Controller's Office, controller.nv.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2026. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.

JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earnSince 2025
Regulatory Engineer Ea16$122,920$122,920$123k – $145k▼ 2.6%
Senior Attorney Ea14$137,388$128,173$101k – $151k▼ 1.9%
Regulatory Accountant Ea10$106,525$106,525$107k – $126k▼ 0.8%
Regulatory Economist Ea6$111,329$111,329$111k – $132k▼ 0.8%
Commission Policy Adviser Ea5$146,224$146,224$146k – $146k▲ 8.4%
Administrative Attorney Ea5$113,827$113,827$114k – $117k▼ 1.0%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k0
  • $10k – $30k3
  • $30k – $50k4
  • $50k – $70k7
  • $70k – $90k14
  • $90k – $110k11
  • $110k – $150k50
  • $150k or more12

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Public Utilities Commission (Nevada) employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $122,920 in 2026; most earned between $95,264 and $142,066. Counting all 101 people paid during the year, typical pay was $122,920.

Who counts as a full-year employee?

"Employed all year" means the Controller's data shows a start date on or before July 1 (or the person was on the previous year's payroll) and no service end date during the fiscal year.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Nevada State Controller's Office (controller.nv.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the Controller's data shows a start date on or before July 1 (or the person was on the previous year's payroll) and no service end date during the fiscal year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals