OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADEs across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Quick Answer
Across 2,248 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE is $19.56/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $14.49 and $37.33/hr. The highest state average is Washington at $76.63/hr; the lowest is Puerto Rico at $13.78/hr.
Bottom 10%
$14.49
Median
$19.56
Average
$24.81
Top 10%
$37.33
Range: $10.00 – $100.42/hr across 32 states. Total package = base hourly rate + fringe benefits.
Average Rates by State
Alabama AL
Avg base: $16.20/hr
Avg total: $16.80/hr
134 rates
Arkansas AR
Avg base: $18.21/hr
Avg total: $18.21/hr
94 rates
Arizona AZ
Avg base: $17.40/hr
Avg total: $17.40/hr
2 rates
Colorado CO
Avg base: $21.50/hr
Avg total: $21.50/hr
17 rates
Florida FL
Avg base: $17.84/hr
Avg total: $18.43/hr
195 rates
Georgia GA
Avg base: $20.67/hr
Avg total: $22.80/hr
320 rates
Idaho ID
Avg base: $25.40/hr
Avg total: $34.97/hr
59 rates
Kansas KS
Avg base: $20.71/hr
Avg total: $24.97/hr
120 rates
Kentucky KY
Avg base: $24.33/hr
Avg total: $37.33/hr
83 rates
Maine ME
Avg base: $27.40/hr
Avg total: $35.53/hr
4 rates
Michigan MI
Avg base: $19.84/hr
Avg total: $24.75/hr
124 rates
Missouri MO
Avg base: $22.80/hr
Avg total: $33.58/hr
20 rates
Mississippi MS
Avg base: $14.56/hr
Avg total: $14.56/hr
82 rates
Montana MT
Avg base: $25.17/hr
Avg total: $33.60/hr
53 rates
North Carolina NC
Avg base: $17.87/hr
Avg total: $19.45/hr
146 rates
North Dakota ND
Avg base: $25.26/hr
Avg total: $33.74/hr
53 rates
Nebraska NE
Avg base: $16.36/hr
Avg total: $17.04/hr
179 rates
New Hampshire NH
Avg base: $27.89/hr
Avg total: $30.19/hr
10 rates
New Mexico NM
Avg base: $19.87/hr
Avg total: $23.17/hr
59 rates
Nevada NV
Avg base: $43.69/hr
Avg total: $62.67/hr
33 rates
Oklahoma OK
Avg base: $15.91/hr
Avg total: $18.60/hr
33 rates
Oregon OR
Avg base: $50.77/hr
Avg total: $66.35/hr
15 rates
Pennsylvania PA
Avg base: $32.41/hr
Avg total: $49.49/hr
20 rates
Puerto Rico PR
Avg base: $12.53/hr
Avg total: $13.78/hr
68 rates
South Carolina SC
Avg base: $18.81/hr
Avg total: $20.38/hr
42 rates
Texas TX
Avg base: $14.57/hr
Avg total: $14.93/hr
77 rates
Utah UT
Avg base: $23.75/hr
Avg total: $33.11/hr
35 rates
Virginia VA
Avg base: $24.31/hr
Avg total: $24.31/hr
77 rates
Vermont VT
Avg base: $21.05/hr
Avg total: $26.67/hr
11 rates
Washington WA
Avg base: $53.81/hr
Avg total: $76.63/hr
26 rates
West Virginia WV
Avg base: $37.59/hr
Avg total: $57.89/hr
55 rates
Wyoming WY
Avg base: $16.32/hr
Avg total: $20.00/hr
2 rates
All Rates
2,248 county-level rates for OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Putnam | FL | highway | $17.17 | $0.00 | $17.17 | WD → |
| Santa Rosa | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| Santa Rosa | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Santa Rosa | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Santa Rosa | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Sarasota | FL | residential | $14.00 | $0.00 | $14.00 | WD → |
| Sarasota | FL | highway | $25.02 | $0.00 | $25.02 | WD → |
| Sarasota | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Sarasota | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Seminole | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| Seminole | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Seminole | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Seminole | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | highway | $19.34 | $0.00 | $19.34 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | highway | $19.34 | $0.00 | $19.34 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| St Johns | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| St Lucie | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| St Lucie | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| St Lucie | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| St Lucie | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Sumter | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Sumter | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Suwannee | FL | highway | $18.13 | $0.00 | $18.13 | WD → |
| Taylor | FL | highway | $18.13 | $0.00 | $18.13 | WD → |
| Union | FL | highway | $18.13 | $0.00 | $18.13 | WD → |
| Volusia | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| Volusia | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Volusia | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Volusia | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Wakulla | FL | residential | $15.50 | $0.00 | $15.50 | WD → |
| Wakulla | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Wakulla | FL | heavy | $16.00 | $2.84 | $18.84 | WD → |
| Wakulla | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Walton | FL | highway | $19.25 | $0.00 | $19.25 | WD → |
| Walton | FL | building | $18.97 | $0.00 | $18.97 | WD → |
| Washington | FL | highway | $17.90 | $0.00 | $17.90 | WD → |
| Appling | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Appling | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Atkinson | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Atkinson | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Bacon | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Bacon | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Baker | GA | highway | $15.94 | $0.00 | $15.94 | WD → |
| Baker | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Baldwin | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Baldwin | GA | highway | $17.72 | $0.00 | $17.72 | WD → |
| Banks | GA | heavy | $25.82 | $1.81 | $27.63 | WD → |
| Banks | GA | highway | $19.05 | $0.00 | $19.05 | WD → |
| Barrow | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Barrow | GA | highway | $26.18 | $4.28 | $30.46 | WD → |
| Bartow | GA | highway | $26.18 | $4.28 | $30.46 | WD → |
| Bartow | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Ben Hill | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Ben Hill | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Berrien | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Berrien | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Bibb | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Bibb | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Bleckley | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Bleckley | GA | highway | $17.72 | $0.00 | $17.72 | WD → |
| Brantley | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Brantley | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Brooks | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Brooks | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Bryan | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Bryan | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Bulloch | GA | heavy | $25.82 | $1.81 | $27.63 | WD → |
| Bulloch | GA | highway | $19.17 | $2.84 | $22.01 | WD → |
| Burke | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Burke | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Butts | GA | highway | $26.18 | $4.28 | $30.46 | WD → |
| Butts | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Calhoun | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Calhoun | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Camden | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Camden | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Candler | GA | highway | $19.17 | $2.84 | $22.01 | WD → |
| Candler | GA | heavy | $25.82 | $1.81 | $27.63 | WD → |
| Carroll | GA | highway | $26.18 | $4.28 | $30.46 | WD → |
| Carroll | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Catoosa | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Catoosa | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Charlton | GA | highway | $16.42 | $3.79 | $20.21 | WD → |
| Charlton | GA | heavy | $18.88 | $1.32 | $20.20 | WD → |
| Chatham | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Chatham | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Chattahoochee | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |
| Chattahoochee | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Chattooga | GA | highway | $19.05 | $0.00 | $19.05 | WD → |
| Chattooga | GA | heavy | $25.82 | $1.81 | $27.63 | WD → |
| Cherokee | GA | highway | $26.18 | $4.28 | $30.46 | WD → |
| Cherokee | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Clarke | GA | building | $16.80 | $0.00 | $16.80 | WD → |
| Clarke | GA | highway | $26.31 | $5.43 | $31.74 | WD → |