Prevailing Wage is the cost per hour, for labor wages set by law, involving construction work for various and related trades.  It involves a bidding process for contractors that will use federal, state, or municipal monies (tax payer dollars) for work on projects that will be used for the public, by the public.

The RI General Assembly amended RIGL 37-13-8 and contractors working on RI Prevailing Wage projects must adjust employees’ hourly rates every July 1st in accordance with updated Davis Bacon rates. These rates may be obtained at the following website: www.wdol.gov/dba.aspx

Labor & Payment of Debts 
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Frequently Asked Questions 
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Poster and Brochure  

Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage Rate Schedules

Previous Davis Bacon Rate Schedules

Building #70 is where workers of variable trades file claims of violations of prevailing wages that have occurred while working on site of a public works project.