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Operating Engineer prevailing wage, Eastern District group, American Samoa (5 localities)
DOL sets the same operating engineer rates, row for row, in 5 localities: Eastern, Manu'a, Rose, Swains and Western. Every figure on this page applies in each of them.
$6.30an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CRANE
$6.30 base wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · SUAS2022-001
On federally funded or assisted building, residential, highway and heavy construction in each of these 5 localities, an operating engineer working as crane must be paid at least $6.30 an hour: a $6.30 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination AS20260001 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $6.30 is our sum of the two.
Wage determination AS20260001, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building, residential, highway and heavy construction; rate identifier SUAS2022-001 (February 13, 2019). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.
These are the federal Davis-Bacon rates for American Samoa, for federally funded or assisted construction. We haven't checked whether American Samoa also sets its own.
DOL lists 3 operating engineer rates for each of these localities, from $6.30 to $6.30 an hour. See all of them.
Base wage and fringe benefits: $6.30 + $0.00
The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.
| Base wage (taxable) | $6.30 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total) | $6.30 |
When does this rate change?
- 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)).
- DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the American Samoa change log lists what each one changed.
Every operating engineer rate in the Eastern District group
As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: PAYLOADERSUAS2022-001$6.30
- POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: CRANESUAS2022-001$6.30
- POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOESUAS2022-001$6.30
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: PAYLOADERSUAS2022-001 | $6.30 | $0.00 | $6.30 | AS20260001 Mod 1 |
| POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: CRANESUAS2022-001 | $6.30 | $0.00 | $6.30 | AS20260001 Mod 1 |
| POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOESUAS2022-001 | $6.30 | $0.00 | $6.30 | AS20260001 Mod 1 |
How the Eastern District group compares
The main operating engineer rate in every district that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every district in American Samoa
Wage and fringe benefits, nearby
- Eastern District groupbase $6.30$6.30
- Western Districtbase $6.30$6.30
- Manu'a Districtbase $6.30$6.30
Which district is in which operating engineer group
Every American Samoa district with a operating engineer rate. Localities DOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.
| Districts | Main classification | Base wage | Total rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern District group, 5 localities: Eastern, Manu'a, Rose, Swains, Western | POWER EQUIMENT OPERATORS: CRANE | $6.30 | $6.30 |
1 group of counties with identical DOL rates, and 0 counties with rates of their own.
American Samoa operating engineer prevailing wage by district, with a map
More from DOL on this rate
- SAM.gov wage determinations
- 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)).
Every trade's rates, district by district: Eastern · Manu'a · Rose · Swains · Western
Are you being paid this rate?
Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.
Source
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. For the row this page leads with:
- Eastern: AS20260001 Mod 1
- Manu'a: AS20260001 Mod 1
- Rose: AS20260001 Mod 1
- Swains: AS20260001 Mod 1
- Western: AS20260001 Mod 1
We read every active American Samoa Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download every American Samoa rate as CSV · Report an error