POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Asphalt Plant — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Asphalt Plants across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Across 113 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Asphalt Plant is $14.70/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $14.70 and $23.29/hr. The highest state average is Colorado at $22.58/hr; the lowest is Oklahoma at $14.70/hr.
Range: $14.70 – $23.74/hr across 2 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 47-2073 — Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators.
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
All Rates
113 county-level rates for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Asphalt Plant, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamosa | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Archuleta | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Baca | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Bent | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Chaffee | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Cheyenne | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Conejos | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Costilla | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Crowley | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Custer | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Delta | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Dolores | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Eagle | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Fremont | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Garfield | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Grand | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Gunnison | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Hinsdale | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Huerfano | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Jackson | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Kiowa | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Kit Carson | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| La Plata | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Lake | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Las Animas | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Lincoln | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Logan | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Mineral | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Moffat | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Montezuma | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Montrose | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Morgan | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Otero | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Ouray | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Phillips | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Pitkin | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Prowers | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Rio Blanco | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Rio Grande | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Routt | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Saguache | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| San Juan | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| San Miguel | CO | highway | $17.23 | $4.07 | $21.30 | WD → |
| Sedgwick | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Summit | CO | highway | $19.27 | $4.47 | $23.74 | WD → |
| Washington | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Yuma | CO | highway | $21.13 | $2.16 | $23.29 | WD → |
| Adair | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Alfalfa | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Atoka | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Beaver | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Beckham | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Blaine | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Bryan | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Caddo | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Canadian | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Carter | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Cherokee | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Choctaw | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Cimarron | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Cleveland | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Coal | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Cotton | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Craig | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Custer | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Delaware | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Dewey | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Ellis | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Garfield | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Garvin | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Grady | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Grant | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Greer | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Harmon | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Harper | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Haskell | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Hughes | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Jackson | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Jefferson | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Johnston | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Kay | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Kingfisher | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Kiowa | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Latimer | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Lincoln | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Logan | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Love | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Major | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Marshall | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Mayes | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| McClain | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| McCurtain | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| McIntosh | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Murray | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Muskogee | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Noble | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Nowata | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Okfuskee | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Ottawa | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |
| Payne | OK | highway | $14.70 | $0.00 | $14.70 | WD → |