B03_Wage_Determination_Heavy_5_27_26_0004.pdf

This is a General Decision wage determination document issued by the U.S. Department of Labor for heavy construction projects in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, effective May 18, 2026 (General Decision Number NM20260042). The document establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits that must be paid to workers on federal construction contracts in this geographic area.

The wage determination covers multiple construction classifications with hourly rates and fringe benefit percentages, including carpenter ($27.31 base rate, 13.18% fringes), electrician ($34.50 base rate, 10.81% fringes), and various equipment operators and laborers such as truck drivers ($15.53, 0.00% fringes), graders/blade operators ($19.02, 0.00% fringes), bulldozers ($21.00, 0.00% fringes), and cement masons/concrete finishers ($19.44, 8.08% fringes). The document contains multiple classification rates organized alphabetically with effective dates and rate identifiers indicating whether rates are union-negotiated, survey-based, union average, state-adopted, or supplemental. Additional notes address Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 regarding paid sick leave and minimum wage requirements for federal contractors. The determination notes that unlisted classifications may be added post-award per labor standards contract clauses, and it provides procedures for wage determination appeals directed to the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, including escalation pathways to the Administrative Review Board.