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American Samoa operating engineer prevailing wage, district by district

An operating engineer's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in American Samoa is $6.30 an hour in every district that has one (5), for the main classification.

Main operating engineer classification in each district (Power equiment operators: crane), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Manu'a District operating engineer: $6.30 per hourWestern District operating engineer: $6.30 per hourEastern District operating engineer: $6.30 per hour
$6.30$6.30$6.30$6.30$6.30$6.30Operating Engineer, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

Which localities pay which rate

DistrictsMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Eastern District group, 5 localities: Eastern, Manu'a, Rose, Swains, WesternPOWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: CRANE$6.30 $6.30 

1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about American Samoa operating engineer pay

What is the operating engineer prevailing wage in Eastern District?

$6.30 an hour: a $6.30 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination AS20260001, modification 1. Overtime and every operating engineer classification in Eastern District.

Does operating engineer prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Eastern District the $6.30 total is a $6.30 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, about 0% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does operating engineer prevailing wage pay overtime in American Samoa?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice operating engineers get this rate?

Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).

Why do some localities have the same operating engineer rate?

DOL often publishes the same operating engineer rates for several localities. Across American Samoa, the 5 localities with an operating engineer rate fall into 1 distinct sets of rates, and 1 of those sets are shared by more than one district; the largest covers 5 localities (the Eastern District group).