What is the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage for a ironworker in Maine?

There is no single figure. Active federal determinations for Maine publish 61 ironworker classification rates ranging from $16.27 to $33.65 per hour before fringe benefits. The rate that applies depends on the county, the type of construction and the wage determination incorporated into the contract.

How many counties in Maine have a published ironworker rate?

16 of the counties covered by active federal determinations list at least one ironworker classification.

Do these rates apply to state-funded projects?

No. These are federal Davis-Bacon rates, which apply to federally funded or assisted construction. Maine may set its own prevailing wage rates for state and locally funded work; the state law summary is on the Maine prevailing wage page.

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Ironworker prevailing wage rates in Maine

Federal Davis-Bacon rates published in 44 active determinations, 2026

Active federal Davis-Bacon determinations for Maine publish 61 ironworker classification rates, across 44 determinations covering 16 counties.
Those published base rates run from $16.27 to $33.65 an hour before fringe benefits. Which one applies to a job depends on its county, its construction type and the determination written into the contract.
Construction types covered: Building, Heavy, Highway.
Last determination revision affecting ironworker rates in Maine: 2026-05-18.

The official source: binding Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Act wage determinations are published by the U.S. Department of Labor at SAM.gov Wage Determinations. This site indexes them and links every determination to its official document - the determination incorporated into a contract governs.

This page collects every classification in Maine's active federal determinations that is a form of ironworker work (structural steel erection and reinforcing steel) and shows the rate published for it. Determinations name a classification the way the underlying union agreement or wage survey named it, so the wording varies between them; the rate and the fringe are reproduced exactly as published.

Published rates by determination

ME20260004 rev 1 · Building · Androscoggin

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260004 on SAM.gov.

ME20260006 rev 1 · Building · Aroostook

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$20.65	8.26	SUME2014-015 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260006 on SAM.gov.

ME20260007 rev 1 · Building · Franklin

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.17	9.28	SUME2014-016 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260007 on SAM.gov.

ME20260008 rev 1 · Building · Hancock

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL, REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-035 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260008 on SAM.gov.

ME20260009 rev 1 · Building · Kennebec

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$18.84	1.81	SUME2014-018 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260009 on SAM.gov.

ME20260010 rev 1 · Building · Knox

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.17	9.28	SUME2014-019 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260010 on SAM.gov.

ME20260011 rev 1 · Building · Piscataquis

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$21.77	8.43	SUME2014-020 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260011 on SAM.gov.

ME20260012 rev 1 · Building · Somerset

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.61	8.67	SUME2014-021 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260012 on SAM.gov.

ME20260013 rev 1 · Building · Washington

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.71	10.88	SUME2014-022 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260013 on SAM.gov.

ME20260014 rev 1 · Building · Lincoln, Oxford, Waldo

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-034 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.17	9.28	SUME2014-023 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260014 on SAM.gov.

ME20260020 rev 1 · Heavy · Aroostook

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.95	12.32	SUME2014-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260020 on SAM.gov.

ME20260021 rev 1 · Heavy · Hancock

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.95	12.32	SUME2014-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260021 on SAM.gov.

ME20260022 rev 1 · Heavy · Kennebec

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.57	11.13	SUME2014-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260022 on SAM.gov.

ME20260023 rev 1 · Heavy · Oxford

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.57	11.13	SUME2014-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260023 on SAM.gov.

ME20260024 rev 1 · Heavy · Piscataquis

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.95	12.32	SUME2014-005 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260024 on SAM.gov.

ME20260025 rev 1 · Heavy · Somerset

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.57	11.13	SUME2014-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260025 on SAM.gov.

ME20260026 rev 1 · Heavy · Waldo

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.57	11.13	SUME2014-007 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260026 on SAM.gov.

ME20260027 rev 1 · Heavy · Washington

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.95	12.32	SUME2014-008 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260027 on SAM.gov.

ME20260028 rev 1 · Heavy · Franklin, Knox, Lincoln

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$24.57	11.13	SUME2014-009 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260028 on SAM.gov.

ME20260029 rev 1 · Heavy · Androscoggin

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-032 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$23.47	11.63	SUME2014-010 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260029 on SAM.gov.

ME20260030 rev 1 · Heavy · Cumberland

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-032 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$23.47	11.63	SUME2014-011 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260030 on SAM.gov.

ME20260031 rev 1 · Heavy · Penobscot

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-032 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$23.39	11.88	SUME2014-012 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260031 on SAM.gov.

ME20260032 rev 1 · Heavy · Sagadahoc

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-032 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$23.47	11.63	SUME2014-013 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260032 on SAM.gov.

ME20260033 rev 1 · Heavy · York

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND REINFORCING	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-033 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260033 on SAM.gov.

ME20260034 rev 1 · Highway · Aroostook

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-029 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260034 on SAM.gov.

ME20260035 rev 1 · Highway · Franklin

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-030 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260035 on SAM.gov.

ME20260036 rev 1 · Highway · Hancock

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-031 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260036 on SAM.gov.

ME20260037 rev 1 · Highway · Kennebec

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-032 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260037 on SAM.gov.

ME20260038 rev 1 · Highway · Knox

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-033 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260038 on SAM.gov.

ME20260039 rev 1 · Highway · Lincoln

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-034 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260039 on SAM.gov.

ME20260040 rev 1 · Highway · Oxford

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-035 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260040 on SAM.gov.

ME20260041 rev 1 · Highway · Piscataquis

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-036 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260041 on SAM.gov.

ME20260042 rev 1 · Highway · Somerset

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-037 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260042 on SAM.gov.

ME20260043 rev 1 · Highway · Waldo

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-038 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260043 on SAM.gov.

ME20260044 rev 1 · Highway · Washington

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$16.27	0.00	SUME2014-039 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260044 on SAM.gov.

ME20260045 rev 1 · Highway · Androscoggin

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.33	4.50	SUME2014-040 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$21.85	0.00	SUME2014-040 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260045 on SAM.gov.

ME20260046 rev 1 · Highway · Cumberland

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.33	4.50	SUME2014-041 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$21.85	0.00	SUME2014-041 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260046 on SAM.gov.

ME20260047 rev 2 · Highway · Penobscot

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.33	4.50	SUME2014-042 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$21.85	0.00	SUME2014-042 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260047 on SAM.gov.

ME20260048 rev 1 · Highway · Sagadahoc

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.33	4.50	SUME2014-043 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$21.85	0.00	SUME2014-043 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260048 on SAM.gov.

ME20260049 rev 1 · Highway · York

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$22.78	4.40	SUME2014-044 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$21.85	0.00	SUME2014-044 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: ME20260049 on SAM.gov.

ME20260050 rev 1 · Building · Cumberland

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260050 on SAM.gov.

ME20260051 rev 1 · Building · Penobscot

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260051 on SAM.gov.

ME20260052 rev 1 · Building · Sagadahoc

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260052 on SAM.gov.

ME20260053 rev 1 · Building · York

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER	$33.65	26.27	IRON0007-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: ME20260053 on SAM.gov.

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