AAM No. 212 : Applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to members of survey crews and related Q&As
AAM No. 213 and 233: Application of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts requirement that wage rates for additional classifications, when “conformed” to an existing wage determination, bear a “reasonable relationship” to the wage rates in that wage determination
All Agency Memorandum 130 and Addendum 131 and AAM 236. — "Application of the Standard of Comparison "Projects of a Character Similar" under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts" — Wage and Hour organizes data collection efforts for Davis-Bacon wage surveys into four major categories: Building, Residential, Heavy, and Highway. All Agency Memoranda Number 130 and 131 establish guidelines for the various types of construction.
AAM No. 238: FY 2022 Davis-Bacon Survey Plan — This Memorandum is notification from the Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of its FY 2022 Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Plan. The Memorandum also seeks input from stakeholders concerning survey plans for FY 2023. View AAMs here: https://sam.gov/content/wage-determinations/resources/all-agency-memos
AAM No. 242: Fiscal Year 2023 Davis-Bacon Survey Plan — This Memorandum is notification from the Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of its FY 2023 Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Plan. The Memorandum also seeks input from stakeholders concerning upcoming survey plans.
AAM No. 243: 2023 Service Contract Act Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit
AAM No. 244: Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations — This memorandum provides an overview of the most significant provisions of the Department’s recently published final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations, as well as an explanation of when the various provisions become effective.
AAM No. 250: 2025 Service Contract Act Health and Welfare Fringe Benefit – The prevailing health and welfare fringe benefits issued under the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA) will increase to a rate of $5.55 per hour. On or about July 7, 2025, the Wage and Hour division (WHD) will publish updated wage determinations reflecting the new SCA health and welfare fringe benefits rate of $5.55 per hour on the SAM.gov and WHD websites.
AAM No. 251: Update to the $2.5 Million Threshold for Multiple Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations – The purpose of this memorandum is to update the $2.5 million threshold that contracting agencies and the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) currently use to determine whether more than one wage determination applies to a Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) covered project because there is substantial construction in a category of construction that is different from the overall project. This AAM also identifies the method WHD will use for updating this monetary threshold in the future.