Nevada Landscaping Workers Comp Rates (2026)
Nevada does not publish its landscaping class figures online. Across the 25 states that do, the median typical premium is about $3.30 per $100 of payroll. Ask a carrier or the state's rating bureau for the current Nevada figure.
No official Nevada figure is available online, so the numbers below use the US median of the states that publish one.
Nevada class code for landscaping
- 0042: Landscape Gardening & Drivers
- 0106 (Tree Pruning, Spraying & Repairing)
- 6217 (Excavation NOC)
Landscaping carries equipment, lifting, heat and pesticide exposure risks. Tree pruning and trimming is a separate class (0106).
What comp costs per landscaper in Nevada
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 9,980 landscaping and groundskeeping workers on payrolls in Nevada (May 2025), the 28th largest workforce among the 50 states and DC. The median wage is $18.66 an hour, in line with the US median of $18.82.
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers make up about the same share of Nevada jobs as they do nationally (location quotient 1.05).
At the US median of $3.30 per $100 of payroll (Nevada does not publish its figure online), comp on one worker at that wage costs about $0.62 for every hour worked, or $1,281 a year full time. A 3-person crew comes to roughly $3,842 a year in premium before any experience mod.
Because premium is charged on payroll, who you hire moves the bill. Nevada pay runs from $15.29 an hour at the 10th percentile to $28.99 at the 90th, so the same rate costs $0.50 an hour on a new hire and $0.96 on a senior hand.
Workers comp requirements in Nevada
- Coverage required: 1 employee; licensed contractors must carry even with no employees
- Owners and sole proprietors: A sole proprietor with no employees is exempt unless licensed as a contractor
- State fund: Private market (monopoly abolished in 1999)
- Waiting period: 5 days (consecutive, or within a 20-day period)
- Penalty for going without: Administrative fines up to $15,000, business closure, and criminal charges for serious injury
Nevada requires licensed contractors to carry coverage on themselves even with zero employees.
Nevada vs neighboring states
- California: about $5.58 per $100 of payroll
- Idaho: about $4.21 per $100 of payroll
- Oregon: about $3.30 per $100 of payroll
Nevada does not publish its figure, so the first row is the US median. Among neighbors that publish, Oregon is the cheapest for landscaping comp at about $3.30 and California the most expensive at about $5.58 per $100 of payroll.
If your crews work across the line, list those states under item 3.A or 3.C of your policy before the job starts. Rates follow the state where the work is done, not where your office is.
What moves a landscaping comp bill
- Landscape gardening is a high-claim class because of mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and lifting. Equipment training and guards that stay on the machines lower claims.
- Tree trimming above the ground is usually a separate class with a much higher rate. Keep that payroll apart, or the auditor may rate a whole crew at the tree rate.
- Snow plowing, hardscaping, and irrigation installs can each be classed differently. Tell your carrier what share of payroll goes to each.
- Landscaping payroll swings by season. Report the full-year figure at renewal so the audit does not bring a large bill in the off season.