U.S. Department of Labor Urges Utah’s Highway Construction Employers To Complete Survey to Ensure Accurate Prevailing Wages

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a statewide wage survey in Utah to help establish prevailing wage rates as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA). WHD urges all highway construction employers in Utah to participate.

The survey will collect data on wages paid to employees on all highway construction projects in Utah that were active between January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. The information obtained through this survey will be used to establish prevailing wage rates as required under the DBRA. The survey is not limited to federally funded projects, and wage data should be submitted for all projects meeting the survey criteria, regardless of how they are funded.

"Participation in the survey will help level the playing field for all contractors bidding on federally funded construction projects. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates are most effective when they reflect the wages and fringe benefits paid to construction employees in the county in which they work," said Wage and Hour Division Southwest Regional Administrator Betty Campbell. "We need the full participation of Utah's construction industry to succeed in this effort."

WHD is sending notification letters and "WD-10" data collection forms to interested parties and contractors of which it is aware. Employers do not have to receive a letter to participate in the survey.  Participants may also complete the survey online. All responses must be postmarked by Sept. 27, 2019, to be included.

If you would like to participate, or have questions regarding the survey process and forms, contact Craig L. Jackson at (214) 749-2021.