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Millwright prevailing wage in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

$62.00an hour, base wage + fringe benefits

$41.68 base wage + $20.32 fringe benefits · Building

On Pennsylvania public works in Jefferson County, a millwright must be paid at least $62.00 an hour: a $41.68 base wage plus $20.32 in fringe benefits.

PPWS county schedules from each county's newest determination (Oct 25, 2026); this rate, effective June 1, 2020. 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.

L&I lists 4 millwright rates for Jefferson County, from $62.00 to $73.44 an hour. See all of them.

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: $41.68 + $20.32

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)$41.68
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)$20.32
Total hourly rate, as printed$62.00

When does this rate change?

Every millwright rate in Jefferson County

As L&I lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

  1. MillwrightHeavy/Highway$73.44
  2. MillwrightHeavy/Highway$73.44
  3. MillwrightBuilding$62.00
  4. MillwrightBuilding$62.00
Hourly rate of each millwright classification in Jefferson County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.
ClassificationBase wageFringe benefitsTotal rateEffective
MillwrightBuilding$41.68 $20.32 $62.00 Jun 1, 2020
MillwrightBuilding$41.68 $20.32 $62.00 Jun 1, 2020
MillwrightHeavy/Highway$49.72 $23.72 $73.44 Jun 1, 2025
MillwrightHeavy/Highway$49.72 $23.72 $73.44 Jun 1, 2025

Davis-Bacon millwright rate in Jefferson 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).

For building work, the matching Davis-Bacon classification is MILLWRIGHT at $75.29 ($49.00 base + $26.29 fringe), from PA20260056 modification 4, published September 24, 2026, rate CARP0443-004. Against L&I's $62.00: The Davis-Bacon rate is $13.29 an hour higher.

ConstructionFederal classificationBase wageTotal rateWD
BuildingMILLWRIGHTCARP0443-004$49.00 $75.29 PA20260056 Mod 4
Highway, HeavyMILLWRIGHTCARP0443-004$45.20 $70.50 PA20260002 Mod 6

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

How Jefferson County compares

The main millwright 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

$62.00Allegheny$96.01Bucks
JeffersonNearby: Clarion $62.00, Elk $62.00, Juniata $67.92Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 35 counties pay more than Jefferson, 31 the same, 0 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

  1. Jefferson Countybase $41.68$62.00
  2. Clarion Countybase $41.68$62.00
  3. Elk Countybase $41.68$62.00
  4. Juniata Countybase $44.97$67.92

Millwright 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.

CountyClassificationBase wageTotal ratevs Jefferson County
Jefferson CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 
Clarion CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same
Elk CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same
Clearfield CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same
Forest CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same
Armstrong CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same
Indiana CountyMillwright$41.68 $62.00 same

Pennsylvania millwright prevailing wage by county, with a map

More from L&I on this rate

All Jefferson County prevailing wage rates

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 26-09105, issued October 15, 2026, effective June 1, 2020: 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 Jefferson County as CSV · Report an error