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

There is no single figure. Active federal determinations for New Mexico publish 99 ironworker classification rates ranging from $16.41 to $29.35 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 New Mexico have a published ironworker rate?

33 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. New Mexico may set its own prevailing wage rates for state and locally funded work; the state law summary is on the New Mexico prevailing wage page.

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Ironworker prevailing wage rates in New Mexico

Federal Davis-Bacon rates published in 43 active determinations, 2026

Active federal Davis-Bacon determinations for New Mexico publish 99 ironworker classification rates, across 43 determinations covering 33 counties.
Those published base rates run from $16.41 to $29.35 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 New Mexico: 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 New Mexico'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

NM20260007 rev 1 · Heavy · Curry

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-004 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.75	9.60	SUNM2009-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260007 on SAM.gov.

NM20260008 rev 1 · Heavy · Otero

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-004 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.75	9.60	SUNM2009-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260008 on SAM.gov.

NM20260009 rev 1 · Heavy · Taos

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND REINFORCING	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260009 on SAM.gov.

NM20260010 rev 1 · Heavy · Catron, Chaves

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-004 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.75	9.60	SUNM2009-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260010 on SAM.gov.

NM20260011 rev 1 · Heavy · Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos, McKinley and 5 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND REINFORCING	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-003 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260011 on SAM.gov.

NM20260012 rev 1 · Heavy · De Baca, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln and 4 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-004 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.75	9.60	SUNM2009-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260012 on SAM.gov.

NM20260013 rev 1 · Building · Catron

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-001 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260013 on SAM.gov.

NM20260014 rev 1 · Building · Chaves

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-002 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260014 on SAM.gov.

NM20260015 rev 2 · Building · Colfax

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260015 on SAM.gov.

NM20260016 rev 1 · Building · Curry

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-004 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260016 on SAM.gov.

NM20260017 rev 1 · Building · De Baca

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-005 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-005 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260017 on SAM.gov.

NM20260018 rev 1 · Building · Eddy

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-006 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-006 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260018 on SAM.gov.

NM20260019 rev 1 · Building · Grant

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-007 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-007 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260019 on SAM.gov.

NM20260020 rev 1 · Building · Lea

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-008 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-008 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260020 on SAM.gov.

NM20260021 rev 1 · Building · Lincoln

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$29.35	0.53	SUNM2010-009 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-009 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260021 on SAM.gov.

NM20260022 rev 1 · Building · Los Alamos

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, ORNAMENTAL, REINFORCING AND STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-008 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260022 on SAM.gov.

NM20260023 rev 1 · Building · Luna

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-011 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-011 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260023 on SAM.gov.

NM20260024 rev 1 · Building · McKinley

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-012 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260024 on SAM.gov.

NM20260025 rev 1 · Building · Otero

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.00	9.03	SUNM2010-013 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.45	SUNM2010-013 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260025 on SAM.gov.

NM20260026 rev 2 · Building · Rio Arriba

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-014 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260026 on SAM.gov.

NM20260027 rev 1 · Building · Roosevelt

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-015 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-015 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260027 on SAM.gov.

NM20260028 rev 2 · Building · San Miguel

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-016 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260028 on SAM.gov.

NM20260029 rev 1 · Building · Socorro

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-017 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-017 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260029 on SAM.gov.

NM20260030 rev 2 · Building · Union

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-018 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260030 on SAM.gov.

NM20260031 rev 2 · Building · Cibola, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Taos

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-010 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$19.75	8.71	SUNM2010-019 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260031 on SAM.gov.

NM20260032 rev 1 · Building · Hidalgo, Sierra

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL (METAL BUILDING ERECTION ONLY)	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-009 collectively bargained (union) rate
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL, EXCLUDES METAL BUILDING ERECTION	$22.20	8.06	SUNM2010-020 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$20.84	7.68	SUNM2010-020 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260032 on SAM.gov.

NM20260033 rev 1 · Highway · Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.61	6.03	SUNM2011-001 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260033 on SAM.gov.

NM20260034 rev 1 · Highway · Santa Fe

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$22.44	5.85	SUNM2011-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260034 on SAM.gov.

NM20260035 rev 1 · Highway · Dona Ana, San Juan

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (SAN JUAN)	$16.41	5.85	SUNM2011-003 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (DONA ANA)	$22.61	6.03	SUNM2011-003 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260035 on SAM.gov.

NM20260036 rev 1 · Highway · Catron, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Grant and 8 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$21.77	6.03	SUNM2011-004 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (LEA)	$21.77	6.03	SUNM2011-004 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (CATRON, CHAVES, CURRY, DEBACA, EDDY, GRANT, HIDALGO, LINCOLN, OTERO, ROOSEVELT, SIERRA, SOCORRO)	$21.66	6.03	SUNM2011-004 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260036 on SAM.gov.

NM20260037 rev 1 · Highway · Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos, McKinley and 6 more

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$21.77	6.03	SUNM2011-005 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (RIO ARRIBA)	$21.98	6.03	SUNM2011-005 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (MCKINLEY)	$22.44	5.85	SUNM2011-005 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (COLFAX, GUADALUPE, HARDING, LOS ALAMOS, MORA, QUAY, SAN MIGUEL, TAOS, UNION)	$21.57	4.80	SUNM2011-005 DOL wage survey rate
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING (CIBOLA)	$23.05	1.54	SUNM2011-005 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260037 on SAM.gov.

NM20260038 rev 1 · Heavy · Bernalillo

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-007 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260038 on SAM.gov.

NM20260039 rev 1 · Heavy · Dona Ana

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-008 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260039 on SAM.gov.

NM20260040 rev 1 · Heavy · San Juan

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-009 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260040 on SAM.gov.

NM20260041 rev 1 · Heavy · Sandoval

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-010 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260041 on SAM.gov.

NM20260042 rev 1 · Heavy · Santa Fe

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-011 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260042 on SAM.gov.

NM20260043 rev 1 · Heavy · Torrance, Valencia

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	$27.80	0.00	SUNM2016-012 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260043 on SAM.gov.

NM20260044 rev 1 · Building · Bernalillo

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-002 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260044 on SAM.gov.

NM20260045 rev 1 · Building · Dona Ana

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.00	8.21	SUNM2016-002 DOL wage survey rate

Official document: NM20260045 on SAM.gov.

NM20260046 rev 1 · Building · San Juan

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-002 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260046 on SAM.gov.

NM20260047 rev 1 · Building · Sandoval

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-002 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260047 on SAM.gov.

NM20260048 rev 1 · Building · Santa Fe

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-002 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260048 on SAM.gov.

NM20260049 rev 1 · Building · Torrance, Valencia

Classification as published	Base rate	Fringes	Rate schedule
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	$28.05	18.11	IRON0495-002 collectively bargained (union) rate

Official document: NM20260049 on SAM.gov.

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