New York prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- New York has its own prevailing-wage law (Labor Law Article 8, §220), with no contract-size threshold (all public work contracts), administered by NY DOL, Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 98 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 62 New York counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in New York earned $1,757/week (≈ $43.92/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #9 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
Recent change: 2022 — Labor Law §224-a (effective Jan 1, 2022) extended prevailing wage to private projects over $5M with 30%+ public funding.
No dollar threshold on public work; building-service contracts fall under Article 9; the NYC Comptroller enforces within NYC.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from NY DOL, Bureau of Public Work and Prevailing Wage Enforcement - official New York prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the New York 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: 48 · Heavy: 33 · Highway: 38 · Residential: 30 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the New York wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 46 active SCA determinations for New York.
Recently revised determinations
- NY20260003 (rev 6) - modified , Building, Heavy, Highway, Residential
- NY20260046 (rev 3) - modified , Heavy, Highway
- NY20260044 (rev 2) - modified , Heavy, Highway
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in New York at $1,757/week (+3.7% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on New York 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.