Flagger prevailing wage in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

$55.35an hour, base + fringe · Laborers Utility

$35.52 wage + $19.83 fringe benefits

On Pennsylvania public works in Delaware County, a flagger working as laborers utility must be paid at least $55.35 an hour: a $35.52 base wage plus $19.83 in fringe benefits.

PPWS county schedules from each county's newest determination (Oct 25, 2026); this rate, effective May 1, 2026. Rates are set per project: the public body gets a determination before bidding, and once the contract is signed its rates "shall not be altered" while it is in force (Act § 4). A determination must be re-requested if the contract isn't awarded within 120 days (34 Pa. Code 9.104(a)). Checked against dliweb.pa.gov on October 25, 2026.

Pennsylvania publishes no county rate schedule. These are the rates printed in each county's newest project determination; the binding rates for a job are the ones in that job's own determination.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $35.52 + $19.83

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. L&I 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)	$35.52
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$19.83
Total hourly rate, as printed	$55.35

Davis-Bacon flagger rate in Delaware County

Federally funded or assisted construction here uses the U.S. Department of Labor's wage determinations. Pennsylvania's Act doesn't cover projects where Davis-Bacon applies, so a job uses one schedule or the other (L&I FAQ).

The federal determinations for Delaware County list no flagger classification.

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

When this rate changes

A signed contract keeps the rates in its own determination, including the dated steps printed there. A later L&I rate change doesn't reach it (Act § 4).
County pages here follow each county's newest determination, so they move whenever L&I issues the next one there. The determination is named in the Source line.

How Delaware County compares

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

Every county in Pennsylvania

Delaware $55.35

$52.30Philadelphia$55.35Bucks

DelawareNearby: Philadelphia $52.30, Chester $55.35, Montgomery $55.35Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 0 counties pay more than Delaware, 3 the same, 1 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Delaware Countybase $35.52$55.35
Philadelphia Countybase $32.67$52.30
Chester Countybase $35.52$55.35
Montgomery Countybase $35.52$55.35

Flagger rates in nearby counties

Current L&I rates. L&I sets rates by county, and counties in the same collective bargaining area often share them.

County	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Delaware County
Delaware County	Laborers Utility (PGW ONLY) (Flagperson)	$55.35	$35.52
Chester County	Laborers Utility (PGW ONLY) (Flagperson)	$55.35	$35.52	same
Montgomery County	Laborers Utility (PGW ONLY) (Flagperson)	$55.35	$35.52	same
Bucks County	Laborers Utility (PGW ONLY) (Flagperson)	$55.35	$35.52	same
Philadelphia County	Laborers Utility (PGW ONLY) (Flagperson)	$52.30	$32.67	−$3.05

Pennsylvania flagger prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base wage to the fringe your employer pays for you, and compare it with the total. A worker can protest to L&I within three months: Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, 1-800-932-0665 (L&I).

Source

Department of Labor & Industry (L&I), PPWS determination 26-09317, issued October 22, 2026, effective May 1, 2026: www.dliweb.pa.gov/PrevWage/Pages/Project.aspx

We read each county's newest PPWS determination from L&I's site and check every number with a second read. The totals are the ones L&I prints. How we check · Download Delaware County as CSV · Report an error