Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage

Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws January 1, 2007

Table of Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws
STATE 1THRESHOLD AMOUNT
Alaska$ 2,000
Arkansas75,000
California1,000
Connecticut

400,000 for new construction

100,000 for remodeling

Delaware

100,000 for new construction

15,000 for remodeling

Hawaii2,000
IllinoisNone
Indiana150,000
Kentucky250,000
Maine50,000
Maryland500,000
MassachusettsNone
MichiganNone
Minnesota

25,000 where more than one trade is involved

2,500 where a single trade is involved

MissouriNone
Montana25,000
NebraskaNone
Nevada100,000
New Jersey

2,000

10,743 if the work is done for municipality

New Mexico60,000
New YorkNone
Ohio

67,853 for new construction 2/

20,955 for remodeling 2/

Oregon25,000
Pennsylvania25,000
Rhode Island1,000
Tennessee50,000
TexasNone
Vermont100,000
WashingtonNone 3/
West VirginiaNone 4/

Wisconsin

State and Municipal contracts

State highway contracts

 

$216,000 where more than one trade is involved; $44,000 where a single trade is involved

None

Wyoming25,000

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Alabama - repealed in 1980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Repealed in referendum in 1984

Colorado - repealed in 1985

Florida - repealed in 1979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Idaho - repealed in 1985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Kansas - repealed in 1987

Louisiana - repealed in 1988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New Hampshire - repealed in 1985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Utah - repealed in 1981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 -

Prepared by:

Division of External Affairs
Wage and Hour Division
Employment Standards Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

This document was last revised in December 2006; unless otherwise stated, the information reflects requirements that were in effect, or would take effect, as of January 1, 2007.