IV. Davis-Bacon Wage Surveys
How are Davis-Bacon wage surveys conducted?
Section
1.3 of 29 CFR Part 1 prescribes that the Wage and Hour Administrator
"…conduct a continuing program for the obtaining and compiling of wage
rate information"… and "… encourage the voluntary submission of wage data
by contractors, contractor associations, labor organizations, public
officials and other interested parties, reflecting wage rates paid
laborers and mechanics on various types of construction in the area."
Wage rates are issued for each classification of laborer and
mechanic that will likely be employed in Federally funded or assisted
construction in a certain type of construction dependent upon wage data
submissions. Information on wages being paid, therefore, must be
collected and tabulated on the basis of distinct job classification and
construction categories. Data requested includes the contractor’s
name and address, project description and location, value of project,
starting and completion dates, the peak number of workers employed in each
classification (i.e. carpenters, drywall hangers, electricians, laborers,
etc.), and the wage rates including bona
fide fringes, paid each worker.
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