General Provisions:

The Department of Labor establishes and enforces the payment of wage rates for laborers and mechanics employed on state-funded construction projects.

Prevailing rates must be paid on new construction projects costing more than $500,000 and on alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition, or reconstruction projects costing more than $45,000. For a project to be covered by the law, the State or any subdivision thereof must be a party to the public works contract; and, the State must have appropriated any part of the funds.

The Department of Labor determines the classification of workers and the type of construction on state-funded construction projects. Wage rates are established by an annual survey conducted by the Department.

• Delaware Prevailing Wage Regulations
• Read the Prevailing Wage Law
• Classification of Workers Under Prevailing Wage Law
• Delaware Prevailing Wage Resource Information
• Sworn Payroll Report Form
• Certified Prevailing Wage Rates Request Form
• Prevailing Wage Debarment List
• Prevailing Wage Claim Form

Current Prevailing Wage Rates

• Building Construction
• Heavy Construction
• Highway Construction

Related Topics:  Labor Law, Prevailing Wage