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Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing
Wage Laws February 23, 2009
Table of Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State
Prevailing Wage Laws
Alaska |
$ 2,000 |
Arkansas |
75,000 |
California |
1,000 |
Connecticut |
400,000 for new construction
100,000 for remodeling |
Delaware |
100,000 for new construction
15,000 for remodeling |
Hawaii |
2,000 |
Illinois |
None |
Indiana |
150,000 |
Kentucky |
250,000 |
Maine |
50,000 |
Maryland |
500,000 |
Massachusetts |
None |
Michigan |
None |
Minnesota |
25,000 where more than one trade
is involved
2,500 where a single trade is involved |
Missouri |
None |
Montana |
25,000 |
Nebraska |
None |
Nevada |
100,000 |
New Jersey |
2,000
11,892 if the work is done for municipality |
New Mexico |
60,000 |
New York |
None |
Ohio |
73,891 for new construction 2/
22,166 for remodeling 2/ |
Oregon |
50,000 |
Pennsylvania |
25,000 |
Rhode Island |
1,000 |
Tennessee |
50,000 |
Texas |
None |
Vermont |
100,000 |
Washington |
None 3/
|
West Virginia |
None 4/
|
Wisconsin
State and Municipal contracts
State highway contracts |
234,000 where more than one trade is involved; 48,000 where a single
trade is involved
None |
Wyoming |
25,000 |
Footnotes:
1/ Eighteen States do not have prevailing wage laws. These
States are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia.
2/ Ohio. Beginning January 1, 1996, and every two
years thereafter, threshold amounts will be adjusted according to the change in
the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Implicit Price Deflator
for Construction, provided that no increase or decrease may exceed 6 percent
for the two-year period.
3/ Washington. A separate law applicable only to
State college/university construction provides for a $25,000 threshold amount.
4/ West Virginia. A $50,000 threshold is applicable
for projects of the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.
States Without Prevailing Wage
Laws
Alabama - repealed in 1980
Arizona - invalidated by 1980 court decision
Repealed in referendum in 1984
Colorado - repealed in 1985
Florida - repealed in 1979
Georgia -
Idaho - repealed in 1985
Iowa -
Kansas - repealed in 1987
Louisiana - repealed in 1988
Mississippi -
New Hampshire - repealed in 1985
North Carolina -
North Dakota -
Oklahoma - invalidated by 1995 court
decision
South Carolina -
South Dakota -
Utah - repealed in 1981
Virginia -
Office of Performance, Budget, and Departmental Liaison
Wage and Hour Division
Employment Standards Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
This document was last revised in February 2009.
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