Diver & Tender prevailing wage in Worcester County, Massachusetts

$113.58an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · DIVER

$78.11 base wage + $35.47 fringe benefits · CARP0056-004

On federally funded or assisted heavy construction in Worcester County, a commercial diver working as diver must be paid at least $113.58 an hour: a $78.11 base wage plus $35.47 in fringe benefits, under wage determination MA20260002 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $113.58 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination MA20260002, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for heavy construction; rate identifier CARP0056-004 (August 1, 2024). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Massachusetts also sets its own rates; on jobs covered by both, pay the higher. The Department of Labor Standards issues them per project, by wage request number, and they must be re-requested after 90 days (M.G.L. c. 149 ss. 26-27), so there is no county schedule to show here.

DOL lists 2 commercial diver rates for Worcester County, from $97.17 to $113.58 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $78.11 + $35.47

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)	$78.11
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$35.47
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$113.58

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 Massachusetts change log lists what each one changed.

Every commercial diver rate in Worcester County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
DIVER TENDERCARP0056-004	$61.70	$35.47	$97.17	MA20260002 Mod 1
DIVERCARP0056-004	$78.11	$35.47	$113.58	MA20260002 Mod 1

How Worcester County compares

The main commercial diver rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Massachusetts

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Worcester Countybase $78.11$113.58
Middlesex Countybase $78.11$113.58
Norfolk Countybase $78.11$113.58
Franklin Countybase $78.11$113.58

Diver & Tender rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Worcester County
Worcester County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58
Middlesex County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same
Norfolk County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same
Franklin County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same
Hampshire County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same
Hampden County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same
Suffolk County	DIVER	$78.11	$113.58	same

Massachusetts commercial diver prevailing wage by county, with a map

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), wage determination MA20260002 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/MA20260002/1

We read every active Massachusetts 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 Worcester County as CSV · Report an error