Parsed from the official text as a reading aid - zone pay, group definitions and footnotes in the full text below modify specific classifications. Identifier prefixes: union-agreement rates carry the local's id, SU marks DOL survey rates (how to read a determination).
Full official text of MT20260028 rev 1
"General Decision Number: MT20260028 05/18/2026
State: Montana
Construction Types: Building
Counties: Montana Counties of
Daniels
Modification Number Publication Date
0 01/02/2026
1 05/18/2026
ASBE0082-002 08/01/2024
Rates Fringes
HEAT AND FROST INSULATOR............................$ 43.81 21.87
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BOIL0011-002 01/01/2025
Rates Fringes
BOILERMAKER.........................................$ 38.75 32.31
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BRMT0012-002 06/01/2020
Rates Fringes
BRICKLAYER..........................................$ 30.55 15.75
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CARP0082-012 06/01/2025
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CARPENTER (FORM WORK ONLY) ZONE DEFINITION: THE
HOURLY RATE APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT IS
DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE
SHORTEST PRACTICAL ROUTE FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
OF THE FOLLOWING TOWNS TO THE CETER OF THE JOB:
BILLINGS, BOZEMAN, BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA,
KALISPELL, LEWISTON, MILES CITY, AND MISSOULA
ZONE 1: 0 TO 30 MILES - BASE RATE ZONE 2:
31 TO 60 MILES - $4.00 ZONE 3: OVER 60
MILES - $6.00.......................................$ 32.05 15.02
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CARP1607-007 06/01/2025
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MILLWRIGHT ZONE DEFINITION: THE HOURLY RATE
APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT IS DETERMINED BY
MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE SHORTEST
PRACTICAL ROUTE FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE OF THE
FOLLOWING TOWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS,
BOZEMAN, BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL,
LEWISTON, MILES CITY, AND MISSOULA. ZONE 1: 0 TO 30
MILES - BASE RATE. ZONE 2: 31 TO 60 MILES - $4.00.
ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES - $6.00.......................$ 46.21 23.50
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ELEC0532-006 06/01/2025
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ELECTRICIAN.........................................$ 43.92 18.17
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ELEV0019-005 01/01/2025
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ELEVATOR MECHANIC FOOTNOTE: ADDITIONAL FRINGE
BENEFITS DUE INCLUDE: A. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES 8%
OF THE BASIC HOURLY RATE FOR OVER 5 YEAR'S SERVICE
AND 6% OF THE BASIC HOURLY RATE FOR 6 MONTHS TO 5
YEARS' OF SERVICE AS VACATION PAID CREDIT. B.
EIGHT PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY; MEMORIAL DAY;
INDEPENDENCE DAY; LABOR DAY; VETERAN'S DAY;
THANKSGIVING DAY; FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AND
CHRISTMAS DAY.......................................$ 67.61 38.44
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ENGI0400-003 05/01/2025
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POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (7) CRANES, 150 TONS TO
INCLUDING 250 TONS (ADD $1.00 FOR EVERY 100 TONS
OVER 250 TONS); CRANE, TOWER (ALL) ZONE
DEFINITIONS FOR POWER EQUPMENT OPERATORS: THE ZONE
HOURLY RATES APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT SHALL BE
DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE
SHORTEST PRACTICAL MAINTAINED ROUTE FROM THE
NEAREST COUNTY COURT HOUSE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTED
TOWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS, BOZEMAN,
BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL, MISSOULA
ZONE 1: 0 TO 30 MILES - BASE PAY ZONE 2: 30 TO
60 MILES - BASE PAY + $3.50 ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES
- BASE PAY + $5.50..................................$ 42.00 16.20
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (6) CRANES 75 TO 144
TONS, WHIRLEY CRANES ZONE DEFINITIONS FOR POWER
EQUPMENT OPERATORS: THE ZONE HOURLY RATES
APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY
MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE SHORTEST
PRACTICAL MAINTAINED ROUTE FROM THE NEAREST COUNTY
COURT HOUSE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTED TOWNS TO THE
CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS, BOZEMAN, BUTTE, GREAT
FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL, MISSOULA ZONE 1: 0 TO
30 MILES - BASE PAY ZONE 2: 30 TO 60 MILES - BASE
PAY + $3.50 ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES - BASE PAY +
$5.50...............................................$ 40.00 16.20
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (5) CRANES 45-74 TONS
ZONE DEFINITIONS FOR POWER EQUPMENT OPERATORS: THE
ZONE HOURLY RATES APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT SHALL
BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE
SHORTEST PRACTICAL MAINTAINED ROUTE FROM THE
NEAREST COUNTY COURT HOUSE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTED
TOWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS, BOZEMAN,
BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL, MISSOULA
ZONE 1: 0 TO 30 MILES - BASE PAY ZONE 2: 30 TO
60 MILES - BASE PAY + $3.50 ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES
- BASE PAY + $5.50..................................$ 38.00 16.20
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (4) CRANES 25-44 TONS
ZONE DEFINITIONS FOR POWER EQUPMENT OPERATORS: THE
ZONE HOURLY RATES APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT SHALL
BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE
SHORTEST PRACTICAL MAINTAINED ROUTE FROM THE
NEAREST COUNTY COURT HOUSE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTED
TOWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS, BOZEMAN,
BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL, MISSOULA
ZONE 1: 0 TO 30 MILES - BASE PAY ZONE 2: 30 TO
60 MILES - BASE PAY + $3.50 ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES
- BASE PAY + $5.50..................................$ 38.00 16.20
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (1) A-FRAME TRUCK CRANE
ZONE DEFINITIONS FOR POWER EQUPMENT OPERATORS: THE
ZONE HOURLY RATES APPLICABLE TO EACH PROJECT SHALL
BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ROAD MILES OVER THE
SHORTEST PRACTICAL MAINTAINED ROUTE FROM THE
NEAREST COUNTY COURT HOUSE OF THE FOLLOWING LISTED
TOWNS TO THE CENTER OF THE JOB: BILLINGS, BOZEMAN,
BUTTE, GREAT FALLS, HELENA, KALISPELL, MISSOULA
ZONE 1: 0 TO 30 MILES - BASE PAY ZONE 2: 30 TO
60 MILES - BASE PAY + $3.50 ZONE 3: OVER 60 MILES
- BASE PAY + $5.50..................................$ 21.51 16.20
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IRON0732-014 06/01/2024
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IRONWORKER, REINFORCING.............................$ 36.83 25.30
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PLUM0030-005 09/01/2024
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PLUMBER/PIPEFITTER (Excluding HVAC Pipe
Installation).......................................$ 44.35 21.87
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SHEE0103-009 06/01/2025
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SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)....$ 40.00 22.07
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SUMT2011-004 01/04/2011
Rates Fringes
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK...........................$ 18.88 4.66
ROOFER..............................................$ 17.36 3.83
PLUMBER (HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION)....................$ 25.75 10.87
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER AND SPRAY...................$ 19.18 0.00
OPERATOR: FORKLIFT.................................$ 21.44 8.05
OPERATOR: EXCAVATOR................................$ 22.98 5.57
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK......................$ 18.37 5.94
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL.........................$ 14.47 3.11
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL..............................$ 20.45 12.76
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER......................$ 18.27 1.50
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES DRYWALL HANGING, AND FORM WORK..$ 16.70 2.31
CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)....................$ 22.69 0.00
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WELDERS - Receive rate prescribed for craft performing
operation to which welding is incidental.
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Note: Executive Order (EO) 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave
for Federal Contractors applies to all contracts subject to the
Davis-Bacon Act for which the contract is awarded (and any
solicitation was issued) on or after January 1, 2017. If this
contract is covered by the EO, the contractor must provide
employees with 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours
they work, up to 56 hours of paid sick leave each year.
Employees must be permitted to use paid sick leave for their
own illness, injury or other health-related needs, including
preventive care; to assist a family member (or person who is
like family to the employee) who is ill, injured, or has other
health-related needs, including preventive care; or for reasons
resulting from, or to assist a family member (or person who is
like family to the employee) who is a victim of, domestic
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Additional information
on contractor requirements and worker protections under the EO
is available at https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts.
Note: Executive Order 13658 generally applies to contracts subject
to the Davis-Bacon Act that were awarded on or between January 1,
2015 and January 29, 2022, and that have not been renewed or
extended on or after January 30, 2022. Executive Order 13658 does
not apply to contracts subject only to the Davis-Bacon Related Acts
regardless of when they were awarded. If a contract is subject to
Executive Order 13658, the contractor must pay all covered workers
at least $13.65 per hour (or the applicable wage rate listed on this
wage determination, if it is higher) for all hours spent performing on
the contract from May 11, 2026, through December 31, 2026. The
applicable Executive Order minimum wage rate will be adjusted annually.
Additional information on contractor requirements and worker
protections under Executive Order 13658 is available at
www.dol.gov/whd/govcontracts.
Unlisted classifications needed for work not included within
the scope of the classifications listed may be added after
award only as provided in the labor standards contract clauses
(29CFR 5.5 (a) (1) (iii)).
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The body of each wage determination lists the classifications
and wage rates that have been found to be prevailing for the
type(s) of construction and geographic area covered by the wage
determination. The classifications are listed in alphabetical
order under rate identifiers indicating whether the particular
rate is a union rate (current union negotiated rate), a survey
rate, a weighted union average rate, a state adopted rate, or a
supplemental classification rate.
Union Rate Identifiers
A four-letter identifier beginning with characters other than
�SU�, �UAVG�, �SA�, or �SC� denotes that a union rate was
prevailing for that classification in the survey. Example:
PLUM0198-005 07/01/2024. PLUM is an identifier of the union
whose collectively bargained rate prevailed in the survey for
this classification, which in this example would be Plumbers.
0198 indicates the local union number or district council
number where applicable, i.e., Plumbers Local 0198. The next
number, 005 in the example, is an internal number used in
processing the wage determination. The date, 07/01/2024 in the
example, is the effective date of the most current negotiated
rate.
Union prevailing wage rates are updated to reflect all changes
over time that are reported to WHD in the rates
in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) governing the
classification.
Union Average Rate Identifiers
The UAVG identifier indicates that no single rate prevailed for
those classifications, but that 100% of the data reported for
the classifications reflected union rates. EXAMPLE:
UAVG-OH-0010 01/01/2024. UAVG indicates that the rate is a
weighted union average rate. OH indicates the State of Ohio.
The next number, 0010 in the example, is an internal number
used in producing the wage determination. The date, 01/01/2024
in the example, indicates the date the wage determination was
updated to reflect the most current union average rate.
A UAVG rate will be updated once a year, usually in January, to
reflect a weighted average of the current rates in the
collective bargaining agreements on which the rate is based.
Survey Rate Identifiers
The �SU� identifier indicates that either a single non-union
rate prevailed (as defined in 29 CFR 1.2) for this
classification in the survey or that the rate was derived by
computing a weighted average rate based on all the rates
reported in the survey for that classification. As a weighted
average rate includes all rates reported in the survey, it may
include both union and non-union rates. Example: SUFL2022-007
6/27/2024. SU indicates the rate is a single non-union
prevailing rate or a weighted average of survey data for that
classification. FL indicates the State of Florida. 2022 is the
year of the survey on which these classifications and rates are
based. The next number, 007 in the example, is an internal
number used in producing the wage determination. The date,
6/27/2024 in the example, indicates the survey completion date
for the classifications and rates under that identifier.
�SU� wage rates typically remain in effect until a new survey
is conducted. However, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has the
discretion to update such rates under 29 CFR 1.6(c)(1).
State Adopted Rate Identifiers
The �SA� identifier indicates that the classifications and
prevailing wage rates set by a state (or local) government were
adopted under 29 C.F.R 1.3(g)-(h). Example: SAME2023-007
01/03/2024. SA reflects that the rates are state adopted. ME
refers to the State of Maine. 2023 is the year during which the
state completed the survey on which the listed classifications
and rates are based. The next number, 007 in the example, is an
internal number used in producing the wage determination.
The date, 01/03/2024 in the example, reflects the date on which
the classifications and rates under the �SA� identifier took
effect under state law in the state from which the rates were
adopted.
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WAGE DETERMINATION APPEALS PROCESS
1) Has there been an initial decision in the matter? This can
be:
a) a survey underlying a wage determination
b) an existing published wage determination
c) an initial WHD letter setting forth a position on
a wage determination matter
d) an initial conformance (additional classification
and rate) determination
On survey related matters, initial contact, including requests
for summaries of surveys, should be directed to the WHD Branch
of Wage Surveys. Requests can be submitted via email to
davisbaconinfo@dol.gov or by mail to:
Branch of Wage Surveys
Wage and Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
Regarding any other wage determination matter such as
conformance decisions, requests for initial decisions should be
directed to the WHD Branch of Construction Wage Determinations.
Requests can be submitted via email to BCWD-Office@dol.gov or
by mail to:
Branch of Construction Wage Determinations
Wage and Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
2) If an initial decision has been issued, then any interested
party (those affected by the action) that disagrees with the
decision can request review and reconsideration from the Wage
and Hour Administrator (See 29 CFR Part 1.8 and 29 CFR Part 7).
Requests for review and reconsideration can be submitted via
email to dba.reconsideration@dol.gov or by mail to:
Wage and Hour Administrator
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
The request should be accompanied by a full statement of the
interested party's position and any information (wage payment
data, project description, area practice material, etc.) that
the requestor considers relevant to the issue.
3) If the decision of the Administrator is not favorable, an
interested party may appeal directly to the Administrative
Review Board (formerly the Wage Appeals Board). Write to:
Administrative Review Board
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20210.
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END OF GENERAL DECISION
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