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Building Service Employee prevailing wage, City of Denver schedules
$34.67an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · CUSTODIAN I
$24.03 base wage + $10.64 fringe benefits
On City of Denver projects, a building service employee working as custodian i must be paid at least $34.67 an hour: a $24.03 base wage plus $10.64 in fringe benefits. Denver Labor prints no total, so $34.67 is our sum of the two.
Denver Labor, Denver PWA Mod 178, effective March 12, 2026. Checked on October 25, 2026.
Denver Labor lists 2 building service employee rates for City of Denver schedules, from $34.67 to $35.10 an hour. See all of them.
City of Denver projects (DRMC 20-76, contracts over $2,000) use these schedules from the Denver Auditor's Office, Denver Labor. They differ from the live SAM.gov copies in places. State projects in Denver County use the Davis-Bacon determinations on the Denver County page.
- Fringe varies by coverage tier; this is the minimum (single) tier: Single: $10.64; Plus One Child[ren]: $11.87; Plus One-Spouse: $11.73; Family: $13.38
Base wage and fringe benefits: $24.03 + $10.64
The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. Denver Labor 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) | $24.03 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $10.64 |
| Base + fringe benefits (our sum; Denver Labor prints no total) | $34.67 |
Denver Labor's data note: Fringe varies by health-coverage tier; the fringe shown is the single/employee rate, the minimum every contractor must provide (PWA schedule note).
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 Colorado change log lists what each one changed.
Every building service employee rate in City of Denver schedules
As Denver Labor lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
| Classification | Base wage | Fringe benefits | Total rate | WD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUSTODIAN I | $24.03 | $10.64 | $34.67 | Denver PWA Mod 178 |
| CUSTODIAN II | $24.38 | $10.72 | $35.10 | Denver PWA Mod 178 |
More from Denver Labor on this rate
- Denver Labor wage determination, page 5
- 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)).
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 (Denver Labor), wage determination Denver PWA Mod 178, issued June 4, 2026, effective March 12, 2026, page 5: www.denvergov.org/files/assets/public/v/2/auditor/documents/denver-labor/2026/prevailing-wage-determinations/pw-adm-mod-178-6_4_2026.pdf
We read every active Colorado 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. The City of Denver rows are copied from Denver Labor's own schedules. How we check · Download City of Denver schedules as CSV · Report an error