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Standby Pay

Nevada spent $2.2 million on standby pay in FY2026 — 275% of a $799,000 budget. That is about $1 in every $13 of Terminal leave, longevity and incentive pay's spending.

That is 4.2% more than in FY2025 ($2.11 million), not adjusted for inflation.

FY2026
$2.20 million$2,195,016
FY2026
$799 thousandReserves excluded
Share of budget spent
275%Spent ÷ budget
Change from FY2025
+4.2%FY2025: $2.11 million

7.4% of Terminal leave, longevity and incentive pay spending.

Spent each year, FY2006 onwards · dashed line: budget
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Spent and budget each fiscal year
Fiscal yearSpentBudget
FY2006$701 thousandNot available
FY2007$793 thousandNot available
FY2008$852 thousandNot available
FY2009$853 thousandNot available
FY2010$827 thousand$657 thousand
FY2011$849 thousand$657 thousand
FY2012$1.06 million$592 thousand
FY2013$1.13 million$588 thousand
FY2014$1.17 million$640 thousand
FY2015$1.23 million$640 thousand
FY2016$1.35 million$713 thousand
FY2017$1.44 million$714 thousand
FY2018$1.42 million$698 thousand
FY2019$1.34 million$698 thousand
FY2020$1.42 million$673 thousand
FY2021$1.35 million$674 thousand
FY2022$1.52 million$660 thousand
FY2023$1.70 million$660 thousand
FY2024$1.56 million$641 thousand
FY2025$2.11 million$641 thousand
FY2026$2.20 million$799 thousand
FY2027See note$799 thousand
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Where the money went, by division

33 divisions. The largest, Department of Corrections, accounts for 23% of the total.

Each block is sized by FY2026 spending. Select a block to open it.

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Divisions of Standby Pay, FY2026
DivisionSpent FY2026
Department of Corrections$506 thousandof $131 thousand
DHS - Child and Family Services$390 thousandof $57.1 thousand
DHS - Public and Behavioral Health$267 thousandof $83.4 thousand
Governor's Technology Office$173 thousandof $100 thousand
Adjutant General & National Guard$104 thousandof $68.4 thousand
Department of Transportation$103 thousandof $98.7 thousand
B&i - Industrial Relations Div$75.8 thousandNo budget
Dps-Parole & Probation$64.7 thousandNo budget
Department of Motor Vehicles$64.1 thousandof $49.5 thousand
DCNR - Forestry Division$61.1 thousandNo budget
DETR - Administrative Services$55.5 thousandNo budget
Department of Taxation$35.9 thousandof $28.2 thousand
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Divisions of Standby Pay, FY2026, continued
DivisionSpent FY2026
DHS - Aging and Disability Services Division$35.3 thousandof $32.3 thousand
Dps-Fire Marshal$35.1 thousandNo budget
DCNR - Environmental Protection$32.7 thousandof $24.0 thousand
Dps-Highway Patrol$23.8 thousandof $28.3 thousand
Dps-Director's Office$22.3 thousandNo budget
Admin - State Public Works Division$21.3 thousandof $34.0 thousand
Emergency Management$20.9 thousandNo budget
Colorado River Commission$18.7 thousandof $12.8 thousand
Dps-Investigation Division$18.6 thousandof $9.6 thousand
Governor's Finance Office$13.2 thousandNo budget
Controller's Office$13.0 thousandof $12.5 thousand
Dps-Capitol Police$9.0 thousandof $4.7 thousand
DCNR - Parks Division$7.7 thousandNo budget
Cannabis Compliance Board$7.7 thousandNo budget
Dtca - Museums and History Division$6.0 thousandNo budget
DSS - Social Services$6.0 thousandNo budget
Department of Agriculture$1.8 thousandNo budget
Dps-Records, Communications, and Compliance$472No budget
DETR - Employment Security$120No budget
Department of Veterans Services$108of $23.7 thousand
Judicial Branch$87No budget
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Over time

Spent each year, stacked by division; the dashed line is the budget. Not adjusted for inflation.
  • Other (36)
  • Adjutant General & National Guard
  • Governor's Technology Office
  • DHS - Public and Behavioral Health
  • DHS - Child and Family Services
  • Department of Corrections
  • Budget (current, reserves excluded)
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Spent each year by divisions
Fiscal yearDepartment of CorrectionsDHS - Child and Family ServicesDHS - Public and Behavioral HealthGovernor's Technology OfficeAdjutant General & National GuardOther (36)Budget
FY2006$108 thousand$76.2 thousand$116 thousand$5.2 thousand—$396 thousand—
FY2007$106 thousand$87.1 thousand$153 thousand$13.8 thousand$11.7 thousand$421 thousand—
FY2008$124 thousand$88.6 thousand$147 thousand$22.2 thousand$21.0 thousand$449 thousand—
FY2009$115 thousand$103 thousand$105 thousand$22.3 thousand$21.8 thousand$487 thousand—
FY2010$99.7 thousand$103 thousand$54.8 thousand$8.9 thousand$18.3 thousand$542 thousand$657 thousand
FY2011$106 thousand$95.8 thousand$56.7 thousand$18.1 thousand$21.8 thousand$550 thousand$657 thousand
FY2012$159 thousand$122 thousand$80.0 thousand$44.2 thousand$34.8 thousand$618 thousand$592 thousand
FY2013$198 thousand$151 thousand$92.3 thousand$44.9 thousand$23.1 thousand$621 thousand$588 thousand
FY2014$236 thousand$162 thousand$92.5 thousand$45.0 thousand$23.8 thousand$612 thousand$640 thousand
FY2015$305 thousand$177 thousand$94.3 thousand$44.2 thousand$26.5 thousand$583 thousand$640 thousand
FY2016$310 thousand$204 thousand$121 thousand$64.1 thousand$23.5 thousand$625 thousand$713 thousand
FY2017$311 thousand$222 thousand$117 thousand$78.9 thousand$28.2 thousand$680 thousand$714 thousand
FY2018$302 thousand$235 thousand$125 thousand$86.8 thousand$29.8 thousand$639 thousand$698 thousand
FY2019$241 thousand$229 thousand$151 thousand$91.5 thousand$37.3 thousand$596 thousand$698 thousand
FY2020$261 thousand$242 thousand$148 thousand$95.2 thousand$53.3 thousand$619 thousand$673 thousand
FY2021$292 thousand$208 thousand$143 thousand$93.8 thousand$43.8 thousand$567 thousand$674 thousand
FY2022$227 thousand$259 thousand$156 thousand$100 thousand$68.4 thousand$704 thousand$660 thousand
FY2023$327 thousand$298 thousand$161 thousand$102 thousand$66.5 thousand$748 thousand$660 thousand
FY2024$340 thousand$269 thousand$183 thousand$85.5 thousand$65.6 thousand$612 thousand$641 thousand
FY2025$482 thousand$358 thousand$276 thousand$135 thousand$90.4 thousand$766 thousand$641 thousand
FY2026$506 thousand$390 thousand$267 thousand$173 thousand$104 thousand$754 thousand$799 thousand
FY2027——————$799 thousand
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Budget journey, 2025-27

How the 's budget changed from the Governor's proposal to today.

For FY2026 the Legislature approved $799,000, 3.4% more than the Governor recommended. There have been no adjustments since the session.

Budget journey, 2025-27 biennium
StepFY2026FY2027
$772 thousand$772 thousand
$799 thousand$799 thousand
$799 thousand$799 thousand
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Notes

Divisions as organised in FY2026. Each row links to its page in Explore.