By Hunter Schwarz September 8  Tesla’s decision to build their $5 billion “Gigafactory” in Sparks, Nev., came with some attractive incentives, including 10 years of exemptions from multiple state taxes, which means no direct fiscal benefits for the state until then, although it can expect indirect ones.  The incentives include transferable tax credits of $12,500 for up to 6,000 permanent, full-time employees, no real or personal property taxes until 2024, and exemption from Nevada’s 1.17 percent modified business tax on wages for 10 years, according to a report from Moody’s.  Nevada estimates the factory will create 3,000 new construction jobs over the course of three years, and once it opens, will employ 6,500 at an average wage of $25 and hour. The regional median hourly wage is $16.09.  The state also estimates the factory will produce additional indirect jobs and increase state employment by two percent.  Nevada had a 7.7 percent unemployment rate in June, one of the highest in the country, according to Moody’s, and is heavily reliant on leisure and hospitality, which accounts for more than a quarter of all non-farm employment.  “The factory will diversify the state’s and region’s economies,” Moody’s wrote in the report. “However, the state’s proposed tax incentives of $1.25 billion will mute the financial benefit.”  The increase in jobs in the area will boost sales tax revenue, which accounts for 28 percent of Nevada’s revenue, Moody’s noted, and lead to higher real estate values.  SECTION: {section=politics, subsection=null}!!! 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The carmaker is exempt from multiple state taxes for a decade, but the new jobs it will create will boost sales tax, real estate.