Wyoming prevailing wage
State law, federal determinations, and how to find the rate that applies
- Wyoming has its own prevailing-wage law (Wyo. Stat. §§27-4-401 to 27-4-413), applying to public-works contracts over $100,000, administered by Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services, Labor Standards.
- The U.S. Department of Labor has 6 active federal Davis-Bacon wage determinations covering 23 Wyoming counties as of (latest revision date), each setting county rates by trade for federally funded construction.
- Market context: the average private construction worker in Wyoming earned $1,375/week (≈ $34.38/hour) in Q1 2026, rank #46 of 51 states, per the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - an industry average, not a prevailing-wage rate.
State projects only, the Act's 'public body' is the State and its boards and commissions, so county and municipal projects are not covered; maintenance excluded.
Official record finder
Find the federal determination for your project
Choose a county and construction type, then open the matching determination. This is a shortcut to the official record, not a wage quote.
Federal Davis-Bacon only. The determination in the contract controls if this index and a contract ever differ.
How to find the required rate
- State or locally funded project: rates come from Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services, Labor Standards under Wyo. Stat. §§27-4-401 to 27-4-413.
- Federally funded project: find the county in the Wyoming 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: 3 · Highway: 3 · Residential: 2 - every determination and the counties it covers are listed in the Wyoming wage-determination index, each with its full rate schedule mirrored. Service contracts: 15 active SCA determinations for Wyoming.
What construction actually pays here
Separate from any required rate: BLS data puts the average private construction wage in Wyoming at $1,375/week (+8.7% YoY) in Q1 2026 - details and history on Wyoming 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.