Connecticut prevailing wage rates

What is the prevailing wage rate in Connecticut?

It depends on the trade. Taking each trade's main rate in each town, CTDOL's figures run from $18.43 an hour (refrigeration and air conditioning mechanic, Ashford) to $108.535 (elevator constructor, Andover). Each figure is the base wage plus benefits. Pick a town or a trade below for the exact rate.

Rates by trade

Each trade page maps that trade's main rate in every town.

• Asbestos & Lead Abatement Laborer$70.47
• Boilermaker$80.22
• Bricklayer$83.18–$84.21
• Carpenter$74.22
• Diver & Tender$74.22
• Dredger$65.80
• Drywall Finisher$69.57
• Electrical Utility Lineman$46.05
• Electrician$86.97–$98.379
• Elevator Constructor$108.535
• Field Surveyor$77.25
• Flagger$52.67
• Glazier$72.38
• Insulator (Heat & Frost / Asbestos Worker)$85.46
• Ironworker$91.87
• Laborer$67.47
• Marble Finisher$65.43
• Millwright$75.38
• Operating Engineer$91.61
• Painter$68.82
• Plasterer$74.15
• Plumber / Pipefitter$88.88
• Refrigeration & A/C Mechanic$18.43
• Roofer$69.84–$72.24
• Sheet Metal Worker$91.61–$105.99
• Teamster (Truck Driver)$72.98
• Telecommunications Technician$72.69
• Terrazzo Worker$80.53
• Theatrical Stage Journeyman$33.10
• Tile Finisher$65.43
• Tile Setter$77.75
• Tunnel Worker$69.06
• Water Well Driller$61.31

How Connecticut's prevailing wage rules work

• Which projects. Construction, remodeling, refinishing, rehabilitation, alteration or repair of any public works project by the state, its agents or a political subdivision (CGS § 31-53(a)). The law applies when all the project's work totals $1,000,000 or more for new construction, or $100,000 or more for remodeling and repair (§ 31-53(h)).
• Rates are set by town. The rate is the one prevailing "in the town in which such public works project is being constructed" (§ 31-53(a)). CTDOL prints schedules for 169 towns, Willimantic and a Statewide locality. Counties are only a grouping; Connecticut has no county government.
• Three schedules. CTDOL publishes Building, Heavy/Highway and Residential schedules, and the project's bid package carries the one(s) CTDOL assigns. Some trades are much lower on Residential; CTDOL publishes no definition of residential, so the project's schedule decides.
• Every July 1, on existing contracts too. Contractors must contact the Labor Commissioner by July 1 each year and adjust wages and benefits "effective each July first" for the life of the contract (CGS § 31-55a, as amended). CTDOL also replaces a PDF mid-year for corrections.
• Benefits: one number, sometimes plus letters or a %. Each rate is an hourly rate plus one hourly benefit, paid as cash if not into a fund. A letter after the benefit means extra paid holidays or vacation (CTDOL Footnotes); electricians add 3% of gross wage, which our totals leave out.
• Overtime. CTDOL's schedules print no overtime. The general rule applies: time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek (CGS § 31-76c).
• On-site workers, payroll, OSHA 10. Everyone who works on site is paid prevailing wage. Certified payroll goes to the contracting agency monthly, and building projects of $100,000 or more need the 10-hour OSHA course (CTDOL Important Information, § 31-53b).