Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws
January 1, 2011
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STATE 1 |
THRESHOLD AMOUNT |
|---|---|
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$ 2,000 |
|
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75,000 |
|
|
1,000 |
|
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400,000 for new construction 100,000 for remodeling |
|
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100,000 for new construction 15,000 for alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition, or reconstruction |
|
|
2,000 |
|
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None |
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
500,000 |
|
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None |
|
|
None |
|
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25,000 where more than one trade is involved 2,500 where a single trade is involved |
|
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None |
|
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25,000 |
|
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None |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
2,000 14,187 50,000 – aggregate cost for maintenance and repair |
|
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60,000 |
|
|
None |
|
|
78,258 for new construction 2 / 23,447 for remodeling 2 / |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
50,000 |
|
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None |
|
|
100,000 |
|
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None 3 / |
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None 4 / |
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25,000 5 / |
|
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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/ Ohio . Beginning January 1, 1996, and every two years thereafter, threshold amounts will be adjusted according to the change in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Implicit Price Deflator for Construction, provided that no increase or decrease may exceed 6 percent for the two-year period.
3/ Washington . A separate law applicable only to State college/university construction provides for a $25,000 threshold amount.
4/ West Virginia . A $50,000 threshold is applicable for projects of the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.
5/ Wisconsin . For those contracts in which local governments are responsible for a minimum funding of at least $1,000,000 in a private enterprise dominated project, then the prevailing wage rates would apply to the entire project no matter how much private funding is responsible for of the total cost of the project.
States Without Prevailing Wage Laws
Arizona - invalidated by 1980 court decision
Repealed in referendum in 1984New Hampshire - repealed in 1985
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U.S. Department of Labor
This document was last revised in June 2011.