Highway construction wages: Carbon + 56 more counties, Montana

Wage determination MT20260080 · Active · Standard · verify on SAM.gov

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RevisionPublishedCompare
rev 32026-06-04diff vs rev 2
rev 22026-06-03diff vs rev 1
rev 12026-05-17diff vs rev 0
rev 02026-01-30original

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ClassificationRateFringeTotal
CARPENTER: Carpenter$43.78$17.07$60.85
CARPENTER: Millwright$49.79$20.79$70.58
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER$44.98$20.50$65.48
DIVER: Diver Tender (The Tender shall receive 2 hours at straight time pay rate per shift for dressing and/or undressing when work is done in hyperbaric conditions. Depth Pay (Surface Diving): 0-20 ft. Free Zone; >20-100 ft. $2.00 per ft.; >100-150 ft$3.00$4.00$7.00
ft.; >220+ ft$5.00$20.22$25.22
DIVER: Diving (Diving in Enclosures (Diver Only): 0-25 ft. Free Zone; >25-300 ft$1.00$20.22$21.22
DIVER: Stand-By$60.76$20.22$80.98
ELECTRICIAN$48.31$22.00$70.31
ELECTRICIAN (LINE CONSTRUCTION): Equipment Operator$55.14$23.37$78.51
ELECTRICIAN (LINE CONSTRUCTION): Groundman$37.43$21.85$59.28
ELECTRICIAN (LINE CONSTRUCTION): Lineman$62.60$24.46$87.06
IRONWORKER: Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers$42.70$28.92$71.62
IRONWORKER: Structural Iron and Steel Workers$38.31$27.91$66.22
LABORER: Group 1 Flag Person for Traffic Control$30.48$13.60$44.08
LABORER: Group 2 General Labor; Asbestos Removal; Burning Bar; Bucket Man; Carpenter Tender; Caisson Worker; Cement Mason Tender; Cement Handler (dry); Chuck Tender; Choker Setter; Concrete Worker; Curb Machine-Lay Down; Crusher and Batch Worker; Heater Tender; Fence Erector; Landscape Laborer; Landscaper; Lawn Sprinkler Installer; Pipe Wrapper; Pot Tender; Powderman Tender; Rail and Truck Loaders and Unloaders; Riprapper; Sign Erection; Guardrail and Jersey Rail; Spike Driver; Stake Jumper; Signalman: Tail Hoseman; Tool Checker and Houseman and Traffic Control Worker$33.96$13.60$47.56
LABORER: Group 3 Concrete Vibrator; Dumpman (Grademan); Equipment Handler; Geotextile and Liners; High-Pressure Nozzleman; Jackhammer (Pavement Breaker) Non-Riding Rollers; Pipelayer; Posthole Digger (power); Power Driven Wheelbarrow; Rigger; Sandblaster; Sod-Cutter-power and Tampers$34.21$13.60$47.81
LABORER: Group 4 Hod Carrier; Water Well Laborer; Blaster; Wagon Driller; Asphalt Raker; Cutting Torch; Grade Setter; High- Scaler; Power Saws (Faller & Concrete); Powderman; Rock & Core Drill; Track or Truck Mounted Wagon Drill and Welder incl. Air Arc$35.33$13.60$48.93
PAINTER$39.60$14.12$53.72
PILE BUCKS$43.78$17.07$60.85
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 1 Air Compressor; Auto Fine Graders; Belt Finishing; Boring Machine (small); Cement Silo; Crane, A-Frame Truck Crane; Crusher Conveyor; DW-10, 15, and 20 Tractor Roller; Farm Tractor; Forklift; Form Grader; Front End Loader Under 1 CU Yard; Heavy Duty Drills; Herman Nelson Heater; Mulching Machine; Oiler, All Except Cranes & Shovels; Pumpman$35.72$14.05$49.77
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 2 Air Doctor; Backhoe/Excavator/Shovel up to and including 3 CU Yard; Bit Grinder; Bituminous Paving Travel Plant; Boring Machine Large; Broom, Self-Propelled; Concrete Travel Batcher; Concrete Float & Spreader; Concrete Bucket Dispatcher; Concrete Finish Machine; Concrete Conveyor; Distributor; Dozer; Rubber-Tired, Push & Side Boom; Elevating Grader/Gradall; Field Equipment Serviceman; Front End Loader 1 CU Yard to including 5 CU Yard; Grade Setter; Heavy Duty Drills, All Types; Hoist/Tugger, All; Hydra lift Forklifts & Similar; Industrial Locomotive; Motor Patrol (except finish); Mountain Skidder; Oiler, Cranes\Shovels; Pavement Breaker, EMSCO; Power Saw, Self-Propelled; Pugmill; Pumpcrete\Grout Machine; Punch Truck; Roller, Other Than Asphalt; Roller, Sheepsfoot (Self-Propelled); Roller, 25 Tons and Over; Ross Carrier; Rotomill Under 6 Ft; Trenching Machine; Washing/Screening Plant$38.00$14.05$52.05
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 3 Asphalt Paving Machine; Asphalt Screed; Backhoe/Excavator/Shovel Over 3 CU Yard; Cableway Highline; Concrete Batch Plant; Concrete Curing Machine; Concrete Pump; Cranes; Creter; Cranes, Electric Overhead; Cranes 24 Tons and Under; Curb Machine/Slip Form Paver; Finish Dozer; Front End Loader Over 5 CU Yard; Mechanic/Welder; Pioneer Dozer; Roller Asphalt (Breakdown & Finish); Rotomill, Over 6 FT; Scraper, Single, Twin or Pulling Belly Dump; Yo-Yo Cat Haul Truck, Articulating Trucks, Vac Truck$39.27$14.05$53.32
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 4 Asphalt/Hot Plant Operator, Cranes, 25 Tons up to and incl. 44 Tons; Crusher Operator; Finish Motor Patrol; Finish Scraper$40.60$14.05$54.65
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 5 Cranes, 45 Tons up to and incl. 74 Tons$41.85$14.05$55.90
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 6 Cranes, 75 Tons up to and incl. 149 Tons; Crane, Whirley (All)$43.20$14.05$57.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: GROUP 7 Cranes, 150 Tons up to and incl. 250 Tons; Cranes, over 250 tons-add $1.00 for every 100 tons over 250 tons; Crane, Tower (All); Crane Stiff-Leg or Derrick; Helicopter Hoist$46.15$14.05$60.20
TRUCK DRIVER: Group 1 Pilot Car$31.03$13.83$44.86
TRUCK DRIVER: Group 2 Combination Truck and Concrete Mixer and Transit Mixer; Dry Batch Trucks; Distributor Driver; Dumpman; Dump Trucks and Similar Equipment; Dumpster; Flat Trucks; Lumber Carriers; Lowboys; Pickup; Powder Truck Driver; Power Boom; Serviceman; Service Truck/Fuel Truck/Tireperson; Truck Mechanic; Trucks with Power Equipment; Warehouseman, Partsman, Cardex and Warehouse Expeditor; Water Trucks$39.31$13.83$53.14

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