Maine prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- Maine has its own prevailing-wage law (26 M.R.S. §§1304–1313), applying to public-works contracts over $50,000, administered by Maine DOL, Bureau of Labor Standards.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 48 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 16 Maine counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in Maine earned $1,388/week (≈ $34.70/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #45 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
State-funded public works over $50,000; annual rate survey by the Bureau of Labor Standards.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from Maine DOL, Bureau of Labor Standards - official Maine prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the Maine 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: 14 · Heavy: 15 · Highway: 16 · Residential: 3 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Maine wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 21 active SCA determinations for Maine.
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Maine at $1,388/week (0.0% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on Maine 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.