Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Albany County, New York

When does this rate change?

• New York rates aren't locked at bid. Each rate stays until its next printed effective date or the new annual determination on July 1, and contractors must pay the current rate (Article 8 schedules).
• NYSDOL posts error corrections and updates on the first business day of each month, and contractors pay them "retroactive to July 1" (NYSDOL). This page uses the 2026-27 schedules with the October 1, 2026 updates.

Dated rates for this classification

NYSDOL prints more than one dated line for Operating Engineer - Building: Class A (CLASS C). The one in force on October 25, 2026 leads this page; scheduled lines take effect on their date.

Every operating engineer rate in Albany County

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

Davis-Bacon operating engineer rate in Albany County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. When a contract requires both the state rate and the Davis-Bacon rate, paying the higher of the two meets both. The contract documents say which apply.

We don't put a federal figure next to NYSDOL's here, because the federal determinations split this trade into groups that don't line up with NYSDOL's. The federal rows for this trade are below; match the classification to the work.

Davis-Bacon rates from SAM.gov, read October 25, 2026. Our federal totals are base plus fringe; DOL prints no total. New York Davis-Bacon changes

How Albany County compares

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

Operating Engineer rates in nearby counties

Current NYSDOL rates. The rate is the one prevailing in the locality where the work is done; some job descriptions cover only part of a county (Labor Law §220(5)(d)).

NYSDOL's operating engineer rates for Albany County are the same as in 16 other counties: Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer and 8 more. The closest county with a different rate is Ulster County, at $105.47.

New York operating engineer prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

NYSDOL's notes, in NYSDOL's words.

• -- In the event that equipment listed below is operated by robotic control, the classification covering the operation will be the same as if manually operated.
• -- If a second employee is required by the employer for operation of any covered machine, they shall be an Engineer Class C
• CLASS A1**: All cranes that require A NYS crane license, tower cranes***(including self erecting), hydraulic cranes, locomotive crane, piledriver, cableway, derricks, whirlies, dragline, boom trucks over 5 tons, cherry pickers, overhead cranes (gantry or saddle type), truck cranes
• Shovel, Excavators 18,001 lbs. and above(including rubber tire full swing), Gradalls, power road grader, all CMI equipment, front-end rubber tire loader, tractor-mounted drill (quarry master), mucking machine, concrete central mix plant, concrete pump, belcrete system, automated asphalt concrete plant, and tractor road paver, boom trucks 5 tons and under, maintenance engineer, self-contained crawler drill-hydraulic rock drill, Profiler/Milling machine.
• Excavators 18,000 lbs. and under, Backhoes (rubber tired backhoe/loader combination), bulldozer, pushcat, tractor, traxcavator, scraper, LeTourneau grader, form fine grader, self-propelled soil compactor (fill roller), asphalt roller, blacktop spreader, power brooms, sweepers, trenching machine, Barber Green loader, side booms, hydro hammer, concrete spreader, concrete finishing machine, one drum hoist, power hoisting (single drum), hoist two drum or more, three drum engine, power hoisting (two drum and over), two drum and swinging engine, three drum swinging engine, hod hoist, A-L frame winches, core and well drillers (one drum), post hole digger, model CHB Vibro-Tamp or similar machine, batch bin and plant operator, dinky locomotive, skid steer loader, track excavator 5/8 cubic yard or smaller, front end rubber tired loader under four cubic yards, vacum machine (mounted or towed).
• Fork lift, high lift, all terrain fork lift: or similar, oiler, fireman and heavy-duty greaser, boilers and steam generators, pump, vibrator, motor mixer, air compressor, dust collector, welding machine, well point, mechanical heater, generators, temporary light plants, electric submersible pumps 4" and over, murphy type diesel generator, conveyor, elevators, concrete mixer, beltcrete power pack (belcrete system), seeding, and mulching machines, pumps, rotating telehandler (that does not require NYS crane license).
• WAGES per hour
• Building Additional Additional Additional
• (*) To be allocated at a later date
• Additional $2.50 per hr over B rate for Nuclear Leader work.
• Additional $2.50 per hour if work requires Personal Protective Equipment for hazardous waste site activities with a level C or over rating.
• (**)TONNAGE RATING PREMIUMS:
• Note: Additional value subject to same premiums as shown for OT
• All cranes 1000 tons and over, A1 rate plus $7.00
• All cranes 800-999 tons, A1 rate plus $6.00
• All cranes 600-799 tons, A1 rate plus $5.00
• All cranes 400-599 tons, A1 rate plus $4.00
• All cranes 200-399 tons, A1 rate plus $3.00
• All cranes 111-199 tons, A1 rate plus $2.25
• All cranes 110 tons and under, A1 rate only
• (***)Tower Cranes - A1 rate plus $ 0.50 (no tonnage premiums apply)
• - Cranes in Luffer Configuration - A1 rate plus $ 5.00
• - Cranes with external ballast (Tray or Wagon) - A1 rate plus $ 5.00
• - NOTE: These premiums are in addition to the tonnage premiums if over 400 tons.