Nevada is the 9th Best State for Business 2013

Taxations & Regulations

Workforce Quality

Living Environment

Based on CEO Survey by ChiefExecutive.net

Key Metrics
State GDP % Growth ’10-’11: 1.2 % Growth ’10-’11 v. Nat’l Avg. (1.5%): -0.3 Unemployment Unemployment Rate Dec. 2012 %: 9.8 Comparison with Nat’l Rate (7.80%): 2.0 Domestic Migration Domestic Net Migration ’10-’11: -11,113 Rank: 42 State Government Debt per Capita Fiscal Year ’10 ($): 1,646 State & Local Gov’t Employees per 10k Residents: 431.9 State-Local Tax Burden Rate (%): 9.3 Compared to Nat’l Avg. (9.9%): -0.55

Key Metrics

State GDP

Unemployment

Domestic Migration

State Government

State-Local Tax Burden

Key Companies
Wynn Resorts, Limited Southwest Gas Corporation MGM Resorts Las Vegas Sands NV Energy

Development Trend Indicator: Sideways
Economic slack offers business opportunities, but legislature is hostile.

CEO Comments
“Nevada will grow, improve and succeed partly because of a ‘suicidal’ California on its border. The business migration is a ‘snowball’.” “Nevada is quickly adopting many of the practices that have driven businesses out of California. Makes you wonder what they are thinking?” “Nevada has a very corrupt court system; especially in Las Vegas. The judges are oriented toward the plaintiffs.”

CEO Comments

“Nevada will grow, improve and succeed partly because of a ‘suicidal’ California on its border. The business migration is a ‘snowball’.”

“Nevada is quickly adopting many of the practices that have driven businesses out of California. Makes you wonder what they are thinking?”

“Nevada has a very corrupt court system; especially in Las Vegas. The judges are oriented toward the plaintiffs.”

Sources:
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NewGeography.com
The Tax Foundation

J.P. Donlon

J.P. Donlon is Editor Emeritus of Chief Executive magazine.