USDOL News – April 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announces its Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Plan set to begin in 2022. Construction workers working on Davis-Bacon and related Acts (DBRA) covered contracts must be paid prevailing wages, which are determined by surveys of wages paid on construction projects underway or recently completed within a geographic area.
As the Wage and Hour Division begins its wage survey process, we are reaching out to contractors, contracting agencies, unions, and others in the construction industry to ensure that all stakeholders have an opportunity to participate in the wage survey process.
The division is planning wage rate surveys for Highway construction in:
- Florida
- Georgia
- New Hampshire
- West Virginia
The division is also planning wage rate surveys for Building construction in:
- Maine
The division is also planning wage rate surveys for Building, Heavy, Highway, and Residential construction in:
- Guam
Stakeholders can find the list of 2022 currently planned surveys here, as well as the status of surveys that are currently in progress.
The criteria used to determine areas where a survey should be performed are:
- Age of the previous survey
- Federal procurement agency plans for construction
- Whether stakeholders have requested a new survey of a construction type in a state or locality
- Whether public and private data reviews show wages in a locality have sufficiently changed to warrant a new wage determination
The Wage and Hour Division will provide outreach in each survey area to inform stakeholders how to participate in the survey process.
If you have suggestions regarding geographic areas and construction types that you believe should be considered for the 2022 or 2023 Survey Plan, please send your suggestions via email to DB-Wage-Survey-Request@dol.gov.
For more information regarding the Davis-Bacon and related Acts and the Davis-Bacon survey program, please visit the division’s website.