Oregon prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- Oregon has its own prevailing-wage law (ORS 279C.800–279C.870), applying to public-works contracts over $50,000, administered by Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), Prevailing Wage Rate Unit.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 74 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 36 Oregon counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in Oregon earned $1,681/week (≈ $42.02/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #17 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
The threshold measures total project cost, not an individual subcontract's value.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: use the rate schedules from Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), Prevailing Wage Rate Unit - official Oregon prevailing-wage portal.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the Oregon 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: 24 · Heavy: 30 · Highway: 1 · Residential: 19 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Oregon wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 30 active SCA determinations for Oregon.
Recently revised determinations
- OR20260001 (rev 3) - modified , Highway
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Oregon at $1,681/week (+6.4% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on Oregon 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.