Alaska prevailing wage rates

What is the prevailing wage rate in Alaska?

It depends on the trade. Taking each trade's main rate in each borough or census area, DOLWD's figures run from $49.90 an hour (camp culinary worker, Aleutians East Borough) to $124.32 (commercial diver, Aleutians East Borough). Each figure is the base wage plus fringe benefits. Pick a borough or census area or a trade below for the exact rate.

Rates by trade

Each trade page maps that trade's main rate in every borough or census area. Carpenter rates, for example, range from $80.21 to $80.75 an hour.

• Boilermaker$91.46
• Bricklayer$76.09
• Camp Culinary Worker$49.90
• Carpenter$80.21–$80.75
• Carpet & Soft Floor Layer$55.93
• Cement Mason$74.16
• Diver & Tender$124.32
• Dredger$85.50
• Electrical Utility Lineman$113.90
• Electrician$88.87
• Elevator Constructor$123.59
• Fence Builder$85.41
• Field Surveyor$93.03
• Fire Safety Sealer$71.00–$72.50
• Glazier$79.62–$80.32
• Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker)$71.00–$72.50
• Ironworker$88.91
• Laborer$77.61
• Line Clearance Tree Trimmer$74.57
• Millwright$89.48
• Operating Engineer$86.45
• Painter$70.59–$72.60
• Pile Driver$80.21
• Plasterer$74.16
• Plumber / Pipefitter$87.40–$100.00
• Roofer$72.38
• Sheet Metal Worker$87.34–$92.41
• Striping & Traffic Control Worker$86.15
• Teamster (Truck Driver)$84.34
• Telecommunications Technician$88.87
• Telephone Line Worker (Outside)$89.89
• Tile Finisher$64.23
• Torginal Applicator$64.23
• Tuckpointer$76.09
• Tunnel Worker$81.84

How Alaska's prevailing wage rules work

• Which projects. Alaska's Little Davis-Bacon Act covers public construction contracts over $25,000 for the state, a political subdivision (boroughs, cities, school districts, state agencies and the university) or a regional school board (AS 36.05.005, AS 36.95.010).
• Which workers. Laborers, mechanics and field surveyors on the site, including owner-operators and working officers who do hands-on work (DOLWD Title 36 FAQ).
• One statewide pamphlet, with regions. There are no county schedules. Most trades have one statewide rate. Carpenters, painters, plumbers, sheet metal workers and insulators are split at 63°N; laborers and tunnel laborers use north of 63°N plus Southeast (east of 138°W) versus Southcentral and Southwest; plumbers have a 1st Judicial District rate (Pamphlet 600 Issue 53).
• Rates lock at the bid date, for 24 months. The rate is the issue in effect at least 10 days before the final bid date. It stays for the contract or 24 months, whichever is shorter, then resets to the issue in force (AS 36.05.010). New issues don't reach existing contracts before that.
• Overtime. 1½ times the basic hourly rate for hours over 8 a day and over 40 a week; fringe benefits are paid for every hour but not at time and a half (AS 23.10.060; FAQ Q20–22).
• Board, lodging and per diem. On sites 65 or more road miles from Fairbanks, Juneau or Anchorage airports, or off the road system, the contractor provides board and lodging. Per diem (at least $100 a day) can replace it only for classes marked *.
• Paperwork. Pay weekly and post the pamphlet on site. Every contractor files a sworn payroll with DOLWD every second week, and the prime files a Notice of Work with a fee of 1% of contract price, capped at $5,000 (AS 36.05.040, 36.05.045).
• No residential schedule. Title 36 has no residential rates or exemption: every covered project uses Pamphlet 600.