POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACTOR — Prevailing Wage Rates
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACTORs across all covered states and counties. Rates vary by location and construction type.
Across 84 Davis-Bacon rate records nationwide, the median total package (base + fringe) for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACTOR is $10.40/hr, with the middle 80% of counties paying between $7.25 and $10.43/hr. The highest state average is Arizona at $17.36/hr; the lowest is Nebraska at $7.25/hr.
Range: $7.25 – $17.36/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 47-2073 — 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
84 county-level rates for POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: TRACTOR, ordered by state and county.
| County | State | Type | Base $/hr | Fringe $/hr | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohave | AZ | residential | $17.00 | $0.36 | $17.36 | WD → |
| Tulare | CA | building | $8.53 | $0.62 | $9.15 | WD → |
| Allen | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Assumption | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Avoyelles | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Beauregard | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Bienville | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Bienville | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Caldwell | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Caldwell | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Cameron | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Catahoula | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Catahoula | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Claiborne | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Claiborne | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Concordia | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Concordia | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| De Soto | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| East Carroll | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| East Carroll | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| East Feliciana | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Evangeline | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Franklin | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Franklin | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Grant | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Iberia | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Iberville | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Jackson | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Jackson | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Jefferson Davis | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| La Salle | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| La Salle | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Lincoln | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Lincoln | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Madison | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Madison | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Morehouse | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Morehouse | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Natchitoches | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Natchitoches | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Pointe Coupee | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Red River | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Red River | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Richland | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Richland | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Sabine | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Sabine | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| St Helena | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| St Mary | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Tangipahoa | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Tensas | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Tensas | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Union | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Vermilion | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Vernon | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Washington | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Webster | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| West Carroll | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| West Carroll | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| West Feliciana | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Winn | LA | heavy | $10.43 | $0.00 | $10.43 | WD → |
| Winn | LA | highway | $10.36 | $0.00 | $10.36 | WD → |
| Fillmore | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Garfield | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Hall | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Hamilton | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Howard | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Johnson | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Merrick | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Nemaha | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Otoe | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Pawnee | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Richardson | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Sherman | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Wheeler | NE | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Atoka | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Bryan | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Choctaw | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Haskell | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Latimer | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| McCurtain | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Pittsburg | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Pushmataha | OK | residential | $7.25 | $0.00 | $7.25 | WD → |
| Galveston | TX | heavy | $12.38 | $1.51 | $13.89 | WD → |