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Laborer prevailing wage in the statewide schedule, Connecticut
$67.47an hour, base + benefit
$37.00 wage + $30.47 benefits · Building
On Connecticut public works in Connecticut's statewide schedule, a laborer must be paid at least $67.47 an hour: a $37.00 base wage plus $30.47 in benefits. CTDOL prints no total, so $67.47 is our sum of the two.
CTDOL schedules as of July 1, 2026; this rate, effective July 1, 2026. Rates are not fixed for the life of a contract: contractors must adjust wages and benefits every July 1 to CTDOL's new rates (CGS § 31-55a, as amended by PA 25-168). Checked against portal.ct.gov on October 25, 2026.
CTDOL lists 20 laborer rates for Connecticut's statewide schedule, from $41.60 to $70.47 an hour. See all of them.
CTDOL's online rates are informational. The contracting agency gets a project schedule from CTDOL before advertising, and that schedule, in the bid documents, is the one that applies.
CTDOL prints a 'Statewide' locality, filed under Hartford County in its town sort.
Base wage and benefits: $37.00 + $30.47
The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. CTDOL prints the 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) | $37.00 |
| Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized) | $30.47 |
| Base + benefits (our sum; CTDOL prints no total) | $67.47 |
When this rate changes
- Connecticut re-rates contracts already under way. Each contractor must check with the Labor Commissioner by July 1 every year and adjust wages and benefits effective each July 1 (CGS § 31-55a, as amended by PA 25-168).
- This page uses CTDOL's schedules "As of: July 1, 2026". CTDOL can replace a schedule during the year to correct it; the Building schedule now carries a Bricklayers Zone A and B fringe correction (CTDOL prevailing wage).
Every laborer rate in Connecticut's statewide schedule
As CTDOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.
- 4e) Group 6: Blasters, nuclear and toxic waste removal.Building$70.47
- 4j) Group 11: Toxic Waste Removers A or B With PPEBuilding$70.47
- Group 10: Toxic Waste Removers A or B With PPEHeavy/Highway$70.47
- 12) Group 5: Toxic waste removal (non-mechanical systems)Heavy/Highway$69.47
- 13) Group 6: BlastersHeavy/Highway$69.22
- 4) Group 1a: Acetylene Burners (Hours worked with a torch)Building$68.47
- 4c) **Group 4: Pipelayers: Licensed P6 -P7 (one or two employees of the total crew who primary task is to perform mating of pipe sections).Building$68.47
- 8) Group 1a: Acetylene Burners (Hours worked with a torch)Heavy/Highway$68.47
- 4d) Group 5: Air track operator, sand blaster and hydraulic drills.Building$68.22
- Group 9: Hydraulic DrillsHeavy/Highway$68.22
- 4b) Group 3: Jackhammer operators/pavement breaker, mason tender (brick), mason tender (cement/concrete), forklift operators and forklift operators (masonry).Building$67.97
- 4g) Group 8: Bottom men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring crew.Building$67.97
- 10) Group 3: PipelayersHeavy/Highway$67.97
- 11) Group 4: Jackhammer/Pavement breaker (handheld); mason tenders (cement/concrete), catch basin builders, asphalt rakers, air track operators, block paver, curb setter and forklift operatorsHeavy/Highway$67.97
- 4a) Group 2: Mortar mixers, plaster tender, power buggy operators, powdermen, fireproofer/mixer/nozzleman (Person running mixer and spraying fireproof only).Building$67.72
- 9) Group 2: Chain saw operators, fence and guard rail erectors, pneumatic tool operators, powdermenHeavy/Highway$67.72
- 4) Group 1: General laborers, carpenter tenders, concrete specialists, wrecking laborers and fire watchers.Building$67.47
- 4h) Group 9: Top men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring crew.Building$67.47
- 8) Group 1: General Laborers and concrete specialistHeavy/Highway$67.47
- Laborers: General LaborersResidential · Residential$41.60
| Classification | Base + benefit | Base | Benefits | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4) Group 1: General laborers, carpenter tenders, concrete specialists, wrecking laborers and fire watchers.Building | $67.47 | $37.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4) Group 1a: Acetylene Burners (Hours worked with a torch)Building | $68.47 | $38.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4a) Group 2: Mortar mixers, plaster tender, power buggy operators, powdermen, fireproofer/mixer/nozzleman (Person running mixer and spraying fireproof only).Building | $67.72 | $37.25 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4b) Group 3: Jackhammer operators/pavement breaker, mason tender (brick), mason tender (cement/concrete), forklift operators and forklift operators (masonry).Building | $67.97 | $37.50 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4c) **Group 4: Pipelayers: Licensed P6 -P7 (one or two employees of the total crew who primary task is to perform mating of pipe sections).Building | $68.47 | $38.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4d) Group 5: Air track operator, sand blaster and hydraulic drills.Building | $68.22 | $37.75 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4e) Group 6: Blasters, nuclear and toxic waste removal.Building | $70.47 | $40.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4g) Group 8: Bottom men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring crew.Building | $67.97 | $37.50 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4h) Group 9: Top men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring crew.Building | $67.47 | $37.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 4j) Group 11: Toxic Waste Removers A or B With PPEBuilding | $70.47 | $40.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 8) Group 1: General Laborers and concrete specialistHeavy/Highway | $67.47 | $37.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 8) Group 1a: Acetylene Burners (Hours worked with a torch)Heavy/Highway | $68.47 | $38.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 9) Group 2: Chain saw operators, fence and guard rail erectors, pneumatic tool operators, powdermenHeavy/Highway | $67.72 | $37.25 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 10) Group 3: PipelayersHeavy/Highway | $67.97 | $37.50 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 11) Group 4: Jackhammer/Pavement breaker (handheld); mason tenders (cement/concrete), catch basin builders, asphalt rakers, air track operators, block paver, curb setter and forklift operatorsHeavy/Highway | $67.97 | $37.50 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 12) Group 5: Toxic waste removal (non-mechanical systems)Heavy/Highway | $69.47 | $39.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 13) Group 6: BlastersHeavy/Highway | $69.22 | $38.75 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Group 9: Hydraulic DrillsHeavy/Highway | $68.22 | $37.75 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Group 10: Toxic Waste Removers A or B With PPEHeavy/Highway | $70.47 | $40.00 | $30.47 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Laborers: General LaborersResidentialResidential | $41.60 | $25.74 | $15.86 | Jul 1, 2026 |
How Connecticut's statewide schedule compares
The main laborer rate in every town that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.
Every town in Connecticut
Wage and benefits, nearby
- Statewidebase $37.00$67.47
More from CTDOL on this rate
- CTDOL CTDOL schedule, page 167
- CTDOL's prevailing wage rates
- CTDOL's schedules list journeyperson rates only. Registered apprentices get their percentage of the journeyperson base plus the full benefit.
Are you being paid this rate?
Add your hourly rate to what your employer pays into benefit funds for you (or pays you in cash on top), and compare it with the total. Your employer files a certified payroll with the contracting agency every month; a false one is a felony (CGS § 31-53(f)). CTDOL Wage and Workplace Standards: (860) 263-6790.
Source
Department of Labor (CTDOL), CTDOL schedule CTDOL-building-2026-07-01, issued July 1, 2026, effective July 1, 2026, page 167: portal.ct.gov/dol/-/media/dol/2022-new-design-system/divisions/wage-and-workplace-standards/buildingrates_7-1-2026_update.pdf
We read every row of CTDOL's three July 1, 2026 schedules, town by town, and check every number with a second, separate reader. CTDOL prints no total; ours is the hourly rate plus the dollar benefit. How we check · Download Statewide as CSV · Report an error