Power equipment operators: Backhoe — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for Power equipment operators: Backhoes across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Quick Answer
Across 313 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for Power equipment operators: Backhoe is $11.32/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $7.25 and $19.51/hr. The highest state average is Pennsylvania at $26.82/hr; the lowest is Maine at $7.25/hr.
Bottom 10%
$7.25
Median
$11.32
Average
$13.20
Top 10%
$19.51
Range: $7.25 – $58.78/hr across 16 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 median
$11.32/hr
National median total package (base + fringe)
BLS OEWS market median
$28.23/hr
All-industry hourly median, U.S. (2024)
Davis-Bacon premium
-59.9%
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
Alaska AK
Avg base: $19.05/hr
Avg total: $19.05/hr
1 rate
Arizona AZ
Avg base: $13.12/hr
Avg total: $13.12/hr
1 rate
Colorado CO
Avg base: $15.53/hr
Avg total: $18.90/hr
76 rates
Idaho ID
Avg base: $8.35/hr
Avg total: $9.06/hr
16 rates
Indiana IN
Avg base: $18.60/hr
Avg total: $24.56/hr
12 rates
Kansas KS
Avg base: $10.98/hr
Avg total: $12.06/hr
6 rates
Maine ME
Avg base: $7.25/hr
Avg total: $7.25/hr
13 rates
North Dakota ND
Avg base: $18.10/hr
Avg total: $18.10/hr
4 rates
Nebraska NE
Avg base: $9.00/hr
Avg total: $9.00/hr
10 rates
Oklahoma OK
Avg base: $7.25/hr
Avg total: $7.25/hr
21 rates
Pennsylvania PA
Avg base: $18.70/hr
Avg total: $26.82/hr
12 rates
Puerto Rico PR
Avg base: $8.25/hr
Avg total: $8.84/hr
20 rates
South Carolina SC
Avg base: $7.25/hr
Avg total: $7.25/hr
25 rates
South Dakota SD
Avg base: $11.32/hr
Avg total: $11.32/hr
63 rates
Texas TX
Avg base: $10.25/hr
Avg total: $10.76/hr
31 rates
West Virginia WV
Avg base: $7.25/hr
Avg total: $7.25/hr
2 rates
All Rates
313 county-level rates for Power equipment operators: Backhoe, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Colleton | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Dillon | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Georgetown | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Greenwood | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Hampton | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Jasper | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Lancaster | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Lee | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Marion | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Marlboro | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| McCormick | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Newberry | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Oconee | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Orangeburg | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Union | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Williamsburg | SC | heavy | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Aurora | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Beadle | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Bennett | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Bon Homme | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Brookings | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Brown | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Brule | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Buffalo | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Butte | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Campbell | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Charles Mix | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Clark | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Clay | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Codington | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Corson | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Custer | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Davison | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Day | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Deuel | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Dewey | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Douglas | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Edmunds | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Fall River | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Faulk | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Grant | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Gregory | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Haakon | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hamlin | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hand | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hanson | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Harding | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hughes | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hutchinson | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Hyde | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Jackson | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Jerauld | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Jones | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Kingsbury | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Lake | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Lawrence | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Lyman | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Marshall | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| McCook | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| McPherson | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Meade | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Mellette | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Miner | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Moody | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Oglala Lakota | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Perkins | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Potter | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Roberts | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Sanborn | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Spink | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Stanley | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Sully | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Todd | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Tripp | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Turner | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Union | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Walworth | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Yankton | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Ziebach | SD | residential | $11.32 | $0.00 | $11.32 | WD → |
| Atascosa | TX | residential | $7.50 | $0.00 | $7.50 | WD → |
| Bastrop | TX | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Caldwell | TX | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Cameron | TX | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Collin | TX | heavy | $10.97 | $0.00 | $10.97 | WD → |
| Collin | TX | heavy | $10.80 | $0.00 | $10.80 | WD → |
| Dallas | TX | heavy | $10.97 | $0.00 | $10.97 | WD → |
| Dallas | TX | heavy | $10.80 | $0.00 | $10.80 | WD → |
| Denton | TX | heavy | $10.80 | $0.00 | $10.80 | WD → |
| Denton | TX | heavy | $10.97 | $0.00 | $10.97 | WD → |
| Ellis | TX | heavy | $10.97 | $0.00 | $10.97 | WD → |
| Ellis | TX | heavy | $10.80 | $0.00 | $10.80 | WD → |
| Galveston | TX | heavy | $13.25 | $0.00 | $13.25 | WD → |
| Hardin | TX | heavy | $15.55 | $1.89 | $17.44 | WD → |
| Hays | TX | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Hidalgo | TX | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Jefferson | TX | heavy | $15.55 | $1.89 | $17.44 | WD → |
| Johnson | TX | heavy | $11.89 | $3.30 | $15.19 | WD → |
| Kaufman | TX | heavy | $10.97 | $0.00 | $10.97 | WD → |
| Kaufman | TX | heavy | $10.80 | $0.00 | $10.80 | WD → |