Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws
January 1, 2015
| STATE 1 | THRESHOLD AMOUNT |
|---|---|
| Alaska | $ 25,000 |
| Arkansas | $ 75,000 |
| California | $ 1,000 2 |
| Connecticut | $ 400,000 for new construction $ 100,000 for remodeling |
| Delaware | $ 100,000 for new construction $ 15,000 for alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition, or reconstruction |
| Hawaii | $ 2,000 |
| Illinois | None |
| Indiana | $ 350,000 |
| Kentucky | $ 250,000 |
| Maine | $ 50,000 |
| Maryland | $ 500,000 |
| Massachusetts | None |
| Michigan | None |
| Minnesota | $ 25,000 where more than one trade is involved $ 2,500 where a single trade is involved |
| Missouri | None |
| Montana | $ 25,000 |
| Nebraska | None |
| Nevada | $ 100,000 |
| New Jersey | $ 2,000 $ 14,187 $ 50,000 – aggregate cost for maintenance and repair |
| New Mexico | $ 60,000 |
| New York | None |
| Ohio | $200,000 for new construction 3 / $60,000 for remodeling 3 / |
| Oregon | $ 50,000 |
| Pennsylvania | $ 25,000 |
| Rhode Island | $ 1,000 |
| Tennessee | $ 50,000 |
| Texas | None |
| Vermont | $ 100,000 |
| Washington | None 4 / |
| West Virginia | None 5 / |
| Wisconsin | $100,000 where a multiple-trade project of public works is involved 6 / $48,000 where a single trade project of public works is involved |
| Wyoming | $ 25,000 |
Footnotes:
1/ Eighteen States do not have prevailing wage laws. These States are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia.
2/ California. Labor Code Section 1771 provides a minimum threshold of over $1,000. Labor Code Section 1771.5 provides a higher threshold of over $25,000 for construction work or over $15,000 for alteration, demolition, repair or maintenance work under the circumstances specified in that section.
3/ Ohio . Ohio has distinct thresholds for work that involves roads, streets, alleys, sewers, ditches, and other works connected to road or bridge construction. The threshold for new construction that involves such work is $78,258. The threshold for remodeling that involves such work is $23,447.
Beginning January 1, 1996, and every even-numbered year thereafter, the Ohio director of commerce must adjust all the contract threshold amounts in accord with a formula set by the Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 4115.034.
4/ Washington . A separate law applicable only to State college/university construction provides for a $25,000 threshold amount.
5/ West Virginia . A $50,000 threshold is applicable for projects of the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.
6/ Wisconsin . A multiple-trade project of public works is one in which no single trade accounts for 85 percent or more of the total labor cost of the project. Where a multiple-trade project of public works is involved, a threshold of $234,000 applies to public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished by a private contractor for: (1) a city or village with a population of less than 2,500 or (2) a town.
States Without Prevailing Wage Laws
3/ Ohio . Ohio has distinct thresholds for work that involves roads, streets, alleys, sewers, ditches, and other works connected to road or bridge construction. The threshold for new construction that involves such work is $78,258. The threshold for remodeling that involves such work is $23,447.
Beginning January 1, 1996, and every even-numbered year thereafter, the Ohio director of commerce must adjust all the contract threshold amounts in accord with a formula set by the Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 4115.034.
Alabama - repealed in 1980
Arizona - invalidated by 1980 court decision
Repealed in referendum in 1984Colorado - repealed in 1985
Florida - repealed in 1979
Georgia -
Idaho - repealed in 1985
Iowa -
Kansas - repealed in 1987
Louisiana - repealed in 1988
Mississippi -
New Hampshire - repealed in 1985
North Carolina -
North Dakota -
Oklahoma - invalidated by 1995 court decision
South Carolina -
South Dakota -
Utah - repealed in 1981
Virginia -
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This document was last revised in December 2014.
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