B03_ATTACHMENT_004_-_Wage_Rate_Determination_-_North_Carolina.pdf

These are two General Decision documents (NC20260086 and NC20260087) issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on May 18, 2026, establishing prevailing wage rates for highway construction projects in North Carolina. General Decision NC20260086 covers 20 counties including Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Jackson, Lincoln, Macon, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. General Decision NC20260087 covers eight counties: Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison.

Both decisions establish hourly wage rates and fringe benefit requirements for various construction worker classifications including truck drivers, power equipment operators, painters, laborers, electricians, cement masons, carpenters, ironworkers, and blasters, effective under Davis-Bacon Act requirements. Rates vary by classification; for example, NC20260086 specifies truck driver rates ranging from $11.72 to $13.50 per hour depending on gross vehicle weight rating, with power equipment operator rates ranging from $11.75 to $24.66 per hour. Fringe benefits (fringes) are listed as percentages or dollar amounts per hour for each classification. Both determinations reference Executive Order 13706 regarding paid sick leave requirements and Executive Order 13658 regarding minimum wage rates for Davis-Bacon Act contracts. The documents include detailed explanations of union rate identifiers, union average rate identifiers, survey rate identifiers, and state-adopted rate identifiers used throughout the wage determinations. Appeals of these wage determinations may be directed to the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division or, if unsuccessful, to the Administrative Review Board.