Here’s the December 2007 Nevada Economy In Brief.
Highlights:

At the beginning of the year, Government represented 12.02% of Nevada’s jobs.
Although it is just a small portion of overall jobs, it provided 69% of the new jobs created during 2007.
Nevada added 5,800 government jobs and 2,600 private-sector jobs during 2007.
Statewide, government jobs paid the highest average wages, […]

No, not in government. Government is still adding jobs.
Amongst taxpayers. Here’s the story, from “In Business Las Vegas.”

At the Interim Finance Committee today, we received a briefing on tax collections.

Payroll Tax down 10%
Health Insurance tax down 10%
Unemployment at a five year high
Job growth at a five year low
Tax on buying a home down 25%

Thank heavens for mining and gaming. Mining’s “Net Income” tax is up 27% while the casino tax is only […]

The state has just released Nevada’s November statistics. Highlights include:

So far this year, Nevada has added 10,400 jobs, with just under half that amount being added in Government.
The highest paying economic sector is government.
Our tourist economy is mostly holding its own. Our construction economy is in the tank.

Here’s the full report online.