Electrician prevailing wage, Oneida County group, New York (5 counties)

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.

Every electrician rate in the Oneida County group

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

Davis-Bacon electrician rates in these counties

The counties share NYSDOL's rates, but not always the same federal wage determination. 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.

How the Oneida County group compares

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

Which county is in which electrician group

Every New York county with a electrician rate. Counties NYSDOL treats alike share one page; the rest have their own.

7 groups of counties with identical NYSDOL rates, and 24 counties with rates of their own. * Part of the county has a rate of its own; its page lists each part's rate.

New York electrician prevailing wage by county, with a map

Notes on this rate

NYSDOL's notes, in NYSDOL's words.

• NOTE: Additional amounts, subject to overtime premiums, due for the following work (applicable to all employees):
• - Additional $ 2.50 per hour for work performed over 35 feet above the ground, floor, or roof levels or where work is required in tunnels, shafts, or under compressed air 35 feet below the ground level.
• - Additional $ 3.00 per hour for working over 50 feet above or below ground, floor, or roof level. This includes work on ladders, "toothpicks", scaffolds, boatswain chairs, towers, smokestacks or other open structures. Also applies to working from mechanical lifts when used above 60 feet.
• Occupied Conditions: When necessary to perform alteration and/or renovation work and owner mandates (due to occupied conditions) prevent the work from being performed during "normal" working hours (defined as between 6:00 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday), alternate hours may be worked, provided: 1) The hours are established for a minimum of five (5) days duration or the length of the job, whichever is shorter; and 2) An entire work scope within a job-site area is performed utilizing the varied hours. If these conditions are satisfied, all hours worked Monday through Friday of a shift that starts before or ends after the "normal" hours, shall be paid at the appropriate rate plus fifteen percent (15%). However, the following restrictions apply:
• 1) "Alternate" hours shall consist of a minimum of eight (8) consecutive hours per day.
• 2) Hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours per day, Monday through Friday, shall be paid at a rate of one and one-half times the applicable rate (dayshift + 15%).
• 3) Hours worked on Saturday shall be paid at time and one-half the applicable rate.
• 4) Hours worked on Sundays and Holidays shall be paid at double the straight time rate.
• 5) Work of a new construction nature may not be worked under these conditions.
• *NOTE: The 3% is based on the hourly wage paid, straight time rate or premium time rate.