LABORER, COMMON — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for LABORER, COMMONs across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Quick Answer
Across 468 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for LABORER, COMMON is $16.63/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $8.33 and $18.10/hr. The highest state average is Pennsylvania at $46.02/hr; the lowest is Minnesota at $7.25/hr.
Bottom 10%
$8.33
Median
$16.63
Average
$14.13
Top 10%
$18.10
Range: $7.25 – $46.02/hr across 6 states. Total package = base hourly rate + fringe benefits.
Davis-Bacon vs. Market Median
Comparison of the Davis-Bacon national median total package against the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) median for the comparable BLS occupation 47-2061 — Construction Laborers.
Davis-Bacon median
$16.63/hr
National median total package (base + fringe)
BLS OEWS market median
$22.47/hr
All-industry hourly median, U.S. (2024)
Davis-Bacon premium
-26%
D-B rate is below market median
Davis-Bacon rates include required fringe benefits; OEWS reflects mean/median wages from the BLS establishment survey across all industries. Direct comparison is approximate — D-B rates target the construction-industry union/competitive-wage benchmark, while OEWS spans every industry that employs the occupation.
Average Rates by State
Colorado CO
Avg base: $10.46/hr
Avg total: $12.46/hr
99 rates
Louisiana LA
Avg base: $8.20/hr
Avg total: $8.20/hr
66 rates
Minnesota MN
Avg base: $7.25/hr
Avg total: $7.25/hr
6 rates
Pennsylvania PA
Avg base: $26.09/hr
Avg total: $46.02/hr
1 rate
Texas TX
Avg base: $16.61/hr
Avg total: $16.61/hr
275 rates
Wyoming WY
Avg base: $8.68/hr
Avg total: $8.68/hr
21 rates
All Rates
468 county-level rates for LABORER, COMMON, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Alamosa | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Archuleta | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Archuleta | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Baca | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Baca | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Bent | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Bent | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Chaffee | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Chaffee | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Cheyenne | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Cheyenne | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Clear Creek | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Conejos | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Conejos | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Costilla | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Costilla | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Crowley | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Crowley | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Custer | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Custer | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Delta | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Delta | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Dolores | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Dolores | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Eagle | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Eagle | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Elbert | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Fremont | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Fremont | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Garfield | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Garfield | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Gilpin | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Grand | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Grand | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Gunnison | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Gunnison | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Hinsdale | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Hinsdale | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Huerfano | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Huerfano | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Jackson | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Jackson | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Kiowa | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Kiowa | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Kit Carson | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Kit Carson | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| La Plata | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| La Plata | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Lake | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Lake | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Las Animas | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Las Animas | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Lincoln | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Lincoln | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Logan | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Logan | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Mineral | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Mineral | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Moffat | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Moffat | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Montezuma | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Montezuma | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Montrose | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Montrose | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Morgan | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Morgan | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Otero | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Otero | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Ouray | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Ouray | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Park | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Phillips | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Phillips | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Pitkin | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Pitkin | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Prowers | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Prowers | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Rio Blanco | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Rio Blanco | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Rio Grande | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Rio Grande | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Routt | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Routt | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Saguache | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Saguache | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| San Juan | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| San Juan | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| San Miguel | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| San Miguel | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Sedgwick | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Sedgwick | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Summit | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Summit | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Teller | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Washington | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Washington | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Yuma | CO | building | $9.75 | $0.00 | $9.75 | WD → |
| Yuma | CO | heavy | $11.11 | $3.80 | $14.91 | WD → |
| Acadia | LA | residential | $8.01 | $0.00 | $8.01 | WD → |