Alaska prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- Alaska has its own prevailing-wage law (AS 36.05 ('Little Davis-Bacon Act'; threshold: AS 36.05.005)), applying to public-works contracts over $25,000, administered by Alaska Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development, Wage and Hour Administration.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 5 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 26 Alaska counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in Alaska earned $2,042/week (≈ $51.05/hour) in Q4 2024, rank #3 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
Public construction contracts of the state or political subdivisions over $25,000; rates published twice a year (Pamphlet 600).
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from Alaska Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development, Wage and Hour Administration - official Alaska prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the Alaska determination index and open the official SAM.gov document for your construction type.
- Read the classification line - base rate plus fringe (how to read a determination); compute totals and overtime with the calculator.
Federal determinations at a glance
Building: 1 · Heavy: 1 · Highway: 1 · Residential: 3 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Alaska wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 10 active SCA determinations for Alaska.
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Alaska at $2,042/week (+8.7% YoY) in Q4 2024 - details and history on Alaska construction wages.
Learn the system
What a prevailing wage is · The Davis-Bacon Act · Certified payroll · Fringe calculator
Data on this page is from U.S. government public-domain sources - free to reuse with credit and a link to prevailingwageindex.com.