Laborer prevailing wages: District of Columbia, county by county
30 current laborer rates across 3 active District of Columbia wage determinations. Rates differ by county and construction type; click a determination for revision history, diffs, and change alerts.
| County / area | Classification | Rate | Fringe | Total | Determination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $13.04 | $2.80 | $15.84 | DC20260002 Building |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL | $12.54 | $0.00 | $12.54 | DC20260003 Residential |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE | $15.40 | $2.85 | $18.25 | DC20260002 Building |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: MASON TENDER FOR POINTING, CAULKING, CLEANING OF EXISTING MASONRY, BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT STRUCTURES (RESTORATION WORK); EXCLUDES POINTING, CAULKING AND CLEANING OF NEW OR REPLACEMENT MASONRY, BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT | $11.67 | $0.00 | $11.67 | DC20260002 Building |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: MASON TENDER FOR POINTING, CAULKING, CLEANING OF EXISTING MASONRY, BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT STRUCTURES (RESTORATION WORK); EXCLUDES POINTING, CAULKING AND CLEANING OF NEW OR REPLACEMENT MASONRY, BRICK, STONE AND CEMENT | $12.59 | $0.00 | $12.59 | DC20260003 Residential |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORER: SKILLED | $30.47 | $8.70 | $39.17 | DC20260002 Building |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 1 - CARLAODERS, CHOKER SETTER, CONCRETE CREWMAN, CRUSHED FEEDER, DEMOLITION LABORERS, INCLUDING SALVAGING ALL MATERIAL, LOADING, CLEANING UP, WRECKING, DUMPMENT, FLAGMENT, FENCE ERECTOR AND INSTALLER (OTHER THAN CHAIN LINK), INCLUDING INSTALLATION AND ERECTION OF FENCE, GUARD RAILS, MEDIAL RAILS, REFERENCE POSTS, GUIDE POSTS AND RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS, FORM STRIPPERS, GENERAL LABORERS, RAILROAD TRACK LABORERS, RIPRAP MAN, SCALE MAN, STAKE JUMPER, STRUCTURE MOVER, INCLUDES FOUNDATION, SEPARATION, PREPARATION, CRIBBING, SHORING, JACKING AND UNLOADING OF STRUCTURES, WATER NOZZLEMAN, TIMBER BUCKER AND FALLER, TRUCK LOADER, WATER BOYS, TOOL ROOM MEN | $33.25 | $8.70 | $41.95 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 2 - COMBINED AIR AND WATER NOZZLEMAN, CEMENT HANDLER, DOPE POT FIREMAN (NONMECHANICAL), FORM CLEANING MACHINE, MECHANICAL RAILROAD EQUIPMENT (INCLUDES SPIKER, PULLER, TILE CLEANER, TAMPER, PIPE WRAPPER, POWER DRIVEN WHEELBARROWS, OPERATORS OF HAND DERRICKS, TOWMASTERS, SCOOTSCRETES, BUGGYMOBILES, AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT), TAMPER OR RAMMER OPERATOR, TRESTLE SCAFFOLD BUILDERS OVER ONE TIER HIGH, POWER TOOL OPERATOR (GAS, ELECTRIC, OR PNEUMATIC), SANDBLAST OR GUNNITE TAILHOSE MAN, SCAFFOLD ERECTOR (STEEL OR WOOD), VIBRATOR OPERATOR (UP TO 4 FEET), ASPHALT CUTTER, MORTAR MEN, SHORER AND LAGGER, CREOSOTE MATERIAL HANDLER, CORROSIVE ENAMEL OR EQUAL, PAVER BREAKER AND JACKHAMMER OPERATORS | $34.27 | $8.70 | $42.97 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 3 - MULTI-SECTION PIPE LAYER, NON-METALLIC CLAY AND CONCRETE PIPE LAYER (INCLUDING CAULKER, COLLARMAN, JOINTER, RIGGER AND JACKER, THERMAL WELDER AND CORRUGATED METAL CULVERT PIPE LAYER | $34.27 | $8.70 | $42.97 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 4 - ASPHALT BLOCK PNEUMATIC CUTTER, ASPHALT ROLLER, WALKER, CHAINSAW OPERATOR WITH ATTACHMENT, CONCRETE SAW (WALKING), HIGH SCALERS, JACKHAMMER OPERATOR | $34.32 | $8.70 | $43.02 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 5 - ASPHALT SCREEDER, BIG DRILLS, CUT OF THE HOLE DRILLS (1 1/2" PISTON OR LARGER), DOWN THE HOLE DRILLS (3 1/2" PISTON OR LARGER) GUNNITE OR SANDBLASTER NOZZLEMAN, ASPHALT RAKER, ASPHALT TAMPER, FORM SETTER, DEMOLITION TORCH OPERATOR, SHOTCRETE NOZZLEMEN AND POTMAN | $35.00 | $8.70 | $43.70 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 6 - POWDERMAN, MASTER FORM SETTERS | $35.93 | $8.70 | $44.63 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 7 - BRICK PAVER (ASPHALT BLOCK PAVER, ASPHALT BLOCK SAWMAN, ASPHALT BLOCK GRINDER, HASTINGS BLOCK OR SIMILAR TYPE) | $36.81 | $8.70 | $45.51 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS, HEAVY AND HIGHWAY AND SEWER & WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION: GROUP 8 - LICENSED POWDERMEN | $37.95 | $8.70 | $46.65 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: ASPHALT RAKER & CONCRETE SAW OPERATOR (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $24.30 | $8.74 | $33.04 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: ASPHALT SHOVELER (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $23.27 | $8.74 | $32.01 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: ASPHALT TAMPER & CONCRETE SHOVELER (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $23.86 | $8.74 | $32.60 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: BRICK MASONRY WORK (MASON TENDERS) | $24.31 | $8.70 | $33.01 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: BRICK MASONRY WORK (SCAFFOLD BUILDERS, MORTARMEN) | $24.96 | $8.70 | $33.66 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: JACK HAMMER (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $23.89 | $8.74 | $32.63 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: LABORER (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $23.06 | $8.74 | $31.80 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: SAND SETTER & FORM SETTER (PAVING AND INCIDENTAL GRADING) | $25.10 | $8.74 | $33.84 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE AND SHAFT (COMPRESSED AIR) FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION ONLY, POUNDS (1-14) AND HOURS (7) | $44.04 | $8.70 | $52.74 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE AND SHAFT (COMPRESSED AIR) FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION ONLY, POUNDS (14-18) AND HOURS (6) | $51.82 | $8.70 | $60.52 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE, & SHAFT (FREE AIR) FOR HEAVY AND SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION, GROUP 1 - BRAKEMAN, BULL GANG, DUMPER, TRACKMEN, CONCRETE MAN | $34.41 | $8.70 | $43.11 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE, & SHAFT (FREE AIR) FOR HEAVY AND SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION, GROUP 2 - CHUCK TENDER, POWDERMEN IN PRIME HOUSE, FORM SETTERS AND MOVERS, NIPPERS, CABLEMAN, HOUSEMAN, GROUTMAN, BELL OR SIGNALMAN, TOP OR BOTTOM VIBRATORY OPERATOR | $35.48 | $8.70 | $44.18 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE, & SHAFT (FREE AIR) FOR HEAVY AND SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION, GROUP 3 - MINERS, RE-BAR UNDERGROUND, CONCRETE OR GUNNITE NOZZLEMEN, POWDERMEN, TIMBERMEN AND RE-TIMBERMEN, WOOD STEEL INCLUDING LINER PLATE OR OTHER SUPPORT, MATERIAL MOTORMAN, CAULKERS, DIAMOND DRILL OPERATORS, RIGGERS, CEMENT FINISHERS-UNDERGROUND, WELDERS AND BURNERS, SHIELD DRIVER, AIR TRAC OPERATOR, SHOT CRETE NOZZLEMAN AND POTMAN | $38.17 | $8.70 | $46.87 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS: TUNNEL, RAISE, & SHAFT (FREE AIR) FOR HEAVY AND SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTION, GROUP 4 - MUCKING MACHINE OPERATOR (AIR) | $39.29 | $8.70 | $47.99 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS:, SKILLED ASBESTOS ABATEMENT LABORERS (HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL, EXCEPT ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS: PREPARATION FOR, REMOVING AND ENCAPSULATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM NON-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS) | $32.25 | $8.70 | $40.95 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
| Washington, D.C. | LABORERS:, SKILLED TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL LABORERS (HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL, EXCEPT ON MECHANICAL SYSTEMS: PREPARATION FOR, REMOVING AND ENCAPSULATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM NON-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS) | $32.25 | $8.70 | $40.95 | DC20260001 Heavy, Highway |
Rates come from the current revision of each active determination; DOL revises these mid-year. Open a determination to watch it, or pin a bid date to lock the revision that legally applies. All District of Columbia trades.