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US State Prevailing Wages and Hours
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The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts require contractors and subcontractors working on federal or District of Columbia construction contracts or federally-assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 to pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics employed on similar projects in the area.
The McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act requires contractors and subcontractors performing services on covered federal or District of Columbia contracts in excess of $2,500, among other things, to pay service employees in various classes no less than the monetary wage rates and to furnish fringe benefits found prevailing in the locality.
The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act applies to federal service contracts and federal and federally-assisted construction contracts over $100,000 and requires contractors and subcontractors on covered contracts to pay laborers and mechanics employed in the performance of the contracts one and one-half times their basic rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
The Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act requires contractors engaged in the manufacturing or furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment to the U.S. government or the District of Columbia to pay employees who produce, assemble, handle, or ship goods under contracts exceeding $10,000, the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and time and one half their regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
Thirty-two states also have their own prevailing wage and hours laws which apply to contractors and subcontractors working on state government construction contracts. The state legislation is often known as the "Little Davis-Bacon" Act. Some state laws set a dollar threshold above which the prevailing wages laws apply; others do not set a threshold.
Some states set prevailing wage rules for the employment of aliens but links to such information is not currently provided in these listings.
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Alabama
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Arizona
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Colorado
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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District of Columbia
See entries under Federal
(October 24, 2008)
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Florida
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Georgia
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Idaho
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Iowa
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Kansas
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Louisiana
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Mississippi
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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New Hampshire
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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North Carolina
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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North Dakota
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Oklahoma
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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South Carolina
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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South Dakota
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Utah
No state prevailing wage laws
(October 24, 2008)
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Virginia
No state prevailing wage laws
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