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Prevailing wage by state

Every state has federal Davis-Bacon WDs for federally funded work.

About half also have a state prevailing wage law with its own thresholds and rates.

We publish a state page only after checking the current statute or agency page — the federal DOL summary table was last

revised January 1,

2023 and is out of date for some states.

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AK 5 WDsME 48 WDsWI 38 WDsVT 48 WDsNH 32 WDsWA 97 WDsID 94 WDsMT 79 WDsND 46 WDsMN 123 WDsIL 70 WDsMI 157 WDsNY 98 WDsMA 24 WDsOR 74 WDsNV 58 WDsWY 6 WDsSD 31 WDsIA 80 WDsIN 41 WDsOH 105 WDsPA 110 WDsNJ 65 WDsCT 24 WDsRI 4 WDsCA 28 WDsUT 83 WDsCO 30 WDsNE 82 WDsMO 65 WDsKY 106 WDsWV 112 WDsVA 187 WDsMD 66 WDsDE 11 WDsAZ 49 WDsNM 49 WDsKS 150 WDsAR 172 WDsTN 120 WDsNC 97 WDsSC 66 WDsDC 3 WDsOK 76 WDsLA 53 WDsMS 143 WDsAL 167 WDsGA 188 WDsHI 1 WDsTX 289 WDsFL 229 WDs

Number of active Davis-Bacon wage determinations per state, SAM.gov search, retrieved 2026-11-13.

Dark tiles have a full state page; the rest are being verified against each state statute.

Active Davis-Bacon WDs by state (SAM.gov, 2026-11-13)
Alabama167Being verified
Alaska5Being verified
Arizona49Being verified
Arkansas172Being verified
California28Full page
Colorado30Being verified
Connecticut24Being verified
Delaware11Being verified
District of Columbia3Being verified
Florida229Being verified
Georgia188Being verified
Hawaii1Being verified
Idaho94Being verified
Illinois70Being verified
Indiana41Being verified
Iowa80Being verified
Kansas150Being verified
Kentucky106Being verified
Louisiana53Being verified
Maine48Being verified
Maryland66Being verified
Massachusetts24Being verified
Michigan157Being verified
Minnesota123Being verified
Mississippi143Being verified
Missouri65Being verified
Montana79Being verified
Nebraska82Being verified
Nevada58Being verified
New Hampshire32Being verified
New Jersey65Being verified
New Mexico49Being verified
New York98Full page
North Carolina97Being verified
North Dakota46Being verified
Ohio105Being verified
Oklahoma76Being verified
Oregon74Being verified
Pennsylvania110Being verified
Rhode Island4Being verified
South Carolina66Being verified
South Dakota31Being verified
Tennessee120Being verified
Texas289Full page
Utah83Being verified
Vermont48Being verified
Virginia187Being verified
Washington97Being verified
West Virginia112Being verified
Wisconsin38Being verified
Wyoming6Being verified
Limits. WD counts are from SAM.gov, retrieved 2026-11-13. A “Being verified” row means we have not yet published a state-law page for that state; it still has federal WDs. The federal DOL state-law summary table (revised January 1, 2023) is not used as a current source.