Wage Determinations - Niagara County.txt
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This is a Wage Determination document for building construction projects in Niagara County, New York, issued on January 2, 2026, and superseding the prior determination from January 2, 2025. The determination establishes prevailing wage rates and fringe benefits for various construction trades required on federal contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act in the county. Wage rates are organized by trade classification with effective dates ranging from July 2023 to January 2026, including electricians ($44.20 base rate with $32.90 fringes), elevator mechanics ($62.39 with $38.435 plus vacation and holiday benefits), power equipment operators ($44.23 with $35.40 fringes), plumbers ($42.20 with $29.80 fringes), painters ($33.00-$34.00 with $28.21-$28.51 fringes), carpenters ($32.28-$34.26 with $25.36-$25.94 fringes), laborers ($32.45-$37.45 with $41.36 fringes across nine groups), and various other trades including ironworkers, roofers, sheet metal workers, cement finishers, and asbestos workers.
The determination includes mandatory compliance requirements for contracts awarded on or after January 1, 2017, including Executive Order 13706 provisions requiring one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked (up to 56 hours annually) and Executive Order 13658 establishing a minimum wage of $13.30 per hour for covered workers on contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act awarded between January 1, 2015 and January 29, 2022. The document provides detailed classification definitions for laborers and identifies the appeals process for wage determination disputes, with initial contacts directed to the Department of Labor's Branch of Wage Surveys or Branch of Construction Wage Determinations depending on the matter type. Unlisted classifications required for work not included within listed scopes may be added after award only through established labor standards contract clauses.
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"General Decision Number: NY20260019 01/02/2026
Superseded General Decision Number: NY20250019
State: New York
Construction Type: Building
County: Niagara County in New York.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (except single family homes and apartments up to and including 4 stories), Modification Number Publication Date 0 01/02/2026
ASBE0004-001 05/01/2025
Rates Fringes
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST
INSULATOR (include application of all materials, protective coverings, coatings, and finishings to all types of mechanical systems).........................$ 37.65 30.69
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HANDLER.......$ 34.15 26.09
BRNY0045-002 07/01/2024
Rates Fringes
Bricklayer, Stonemason...........$ 37.44 32.71 Marble mason.....................$ 36.85 30.80 Pointer, cleaner and caulker.....$ 36.82 31.33 Tile & Terrazzo Worker...........$ 37.85 31.80 Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Finisher.........................$ 34.71 17.54
CARP0276-016 07/01/2024
Rates Fringes
Carpenters (Including Drywall Hanging & Acoustical Ceiling Installation) Carpenters and Soft Floor Layers......................$ 34.26 25.94 Millwrights.................$ 32.28 25.36
ELEC0237-001 05/26/2025
Rates Fringes
Electricians:
Cable Splicers..............$ 37.40 27.44 Electricians................$ 44.20 32.90
ELEV0014-001 01/01/2025
Rates Fringes
ELEVATOR MECHANIC................$ 62.39 38.435+a+b
FOOTNOTE:
a.Vacation: 6%/under 5 years based on regular hourly rate for all hours worked. 8%/over 5 years based on regular hourly rate for all hours worked.
b. PAID HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veterans' Day; Thanksgiving Day; the Friday after Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
ENGI0017-010 07/01/2025
Rates Fringes
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
Backhoe Operators Group A1...................$ 44.23 35.40 Bulldozer Group A1...................$ 44.23 35.40 Forklift Operator/Lull Group A1...................$ 44.23 35.40 Loader Group A1...................$ 44.23 35.40 Roller Group A1...................$ 44.23 35.40
IRON0009-003 07/01/2025
Rates Fringes
Ironworkers:
IRONWORKER..................$ 36.25 33.12
SHEETER.....................$ 36.25 33.12
LABO0091-001 07/01/2023
Rates Fringes
Laborers:
GROUP 1....................$ 32.45 41.36+a GROUP 2....................$ 35.70 41.36+a GROUP 3....................$ 33.45 41.36+a GROUP 4....................$ 33.30 41.36+a GROUP 5....................$ 33.05 41.36+a GROUP 6....................$ 32.95 41.36+a GROUP 7....................$ 32.75 41.36+a GROUP 8.....................$ 34.45 41.36+a GROUP 9.....................$ 37.45 41.36+a
LABORER CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP 1: Common Laborers, Decontamination of all machines;
Horizontal Directional Drill/Locator; All terrain vehicles with attachments/All wheel or track types
GROUP 2: Blasters, Grade Checker; 10% of Base Rate
GROUP 3: Wagon Drill-Airtrack, Self-Contained Drill
GROUP 4: Laser Beam Operator
GROUP 5: Road Finisher, Form Setter, Gunnite Nozzleman, Sandblasters, Burning Torch, Concrete Saw Operators, Grout Machine and Grout Pumps Operator
GROUP 6: Video Machine Operator in inspection of Pipe
GROUP 7: Potman, Pipelayers, Pavement Breakers or Busters, jackhammer operators; barco rammers; chain saw; powder monkey; black top rakers; scalers; drill tenders; mortar mixers; Concrete polishing machine; Operation & maintenance of all Robotic Remote Systems in hazardous environment;
Peration C men working from swinging scaffold bosum chair;
suspended cage or bucket; work in caissons below 8 feet;
concrete motor buggy; all other operators of mechanical tools, including vibrators egardless of type of power.
GROUP 8: The handling, loading, unloading, stacking, distribution, erection and dismantling of any and all types of scaffolding and/or work platforms used in the removal of insulating material regardless of the composition of said material. The removal of all insulation materials whether they contain asbestos or not from mechanical systems, (pipes, boilers,ducts, flues, breechings, etc.) on all mechanical systems (pipes, boilers, ducts, flues, breeching, etc.) that are going to be scrapped. The removal of all insulating materials whether they contain asbestos or not. The removal of all asbestos containing materials from walls, ceilings, floors, columns and all other non-mechanical structures and surfaces, etc;
GROUP 9: Use of supplied air respirators
FOOTNOTE:
a. PAID HOLIDAYS: Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day
PAIN0004-009 05/01/2025
TOWNSHIPS OF HARTLAND, LOCKPORT NORTH TONAWANDA, NEWFANE,
PENDLETON, ROYALTON, SOMERSET and the eastern halves of CAMBRIA and WILSON
Rates Fringes
Painters:
BRUSH & ROLLER..............$ 33.00 28.21
DRYWALL/TAPING..............$ 34.00 28.51
PAIN0004-010 05/01/2025
TOWNSHIPS OF LEWISTON, NIAGARA FALLS, PORTER, WHEATFIELD and the western halves of CAMBRIA and WILSON
Rates Fringes
Painters:
Painters....................$ 33.00 28.21 Tapers/Dry Wall.............$ 34.00 28.51
PAIN0004-012 05/01/2025
Rates Fringes
GLAZIER..........................$ 34.68 27.64
PLAS0111-003 07/01/2025
Rates Fringes
CEMENT FINISHER..................$ 33.55 34.17
PLASTERER........................$ 30.15 20.49
PLUM0022-005 04/29/2024
Rates Fringes
Plumber and Steamfitter
ZONE 1......................$ 42.20 29.80
ROOF0074-002 06/01/2024
Rates Fringes
Roofers:
Composition.................$ 34.96 26.03 Slate & Tile................$ 35.11 26.03
SHEE0071-002 05/27/2024
Rates Fringes
Sheet metal worker...............$ 39.50 29.18
WELDERS - Receive rate prescribed for craft performing operation to which welding is incidental.
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 $13.30 per hour (or the applicable wage rate listed on this wage determination, if it is higher) for all hours spent performing on the contract in 2025. 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)).
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.
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.
END OF GENERAL DECISION
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