Operating Engineer prevailing wage in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico

$7.25an hour, base + fringe ·

$7.25 wage + $0.00 fringe benefits · Building · SUPR1993-001

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Ponce Municipio, an operating engineer working as must be paid at least $7.25 an hour: a $7.25 base wage plus $0.00 in fringe benefits, under wage determination PR20260001 (modification 1). DOL prints no total, so $7.25 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination PR20260001, modification 1, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier SUPR1993-001 (October 29, 1993). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

These are the federal Davis-Bacon rates for Puerto Rico, for federally funded or assisted construction. We haven't checked whether Puerto Rico also sets its own.

DOL lists 14 operating engineer rates for Ponce Municipio, from $7.25 to $13.78 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $7.25 + $0.00

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)	$7.25
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$7.25

When this rate changes

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 Puerto Rico change log lists what each one changed.

Every operating engineer rate in Ponce Municipio

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

OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADEHighway · SUPR2019-037$13.78
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)Highway · SUPR2019-037$13.56
OPERATOR: CRANEHighway · SUPR2019-037$13.02
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEResidential · SUPR2019-022$12.55
OPERATOR: ROLLERHighway · SUPR2019-037$12.45
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEHeavy · SUPR2019-002$12.31
OPERATOR: BULLDOZERHighway · SUPR2019-037$11.72
OPERATOR: MECHANICHighway · SUPR2019-037$11.13
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEHighway · SUPR2019-037$11.09
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADERHighway · SUPR2019-037$10.03
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (LOADERS)Building · SUPR1993-001$7.51
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (TRAXCAVATOR)Building · SUPR1993-001$7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)Building · SUPR1993-001$7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (CRANES)Building · SUPR1993-001$7.25

Hourly rate of each operating engineer classification in Ponce Municipio, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base + fringe	Base	Fringe benefits	WD
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (TRAXCAVATOR)BuildingSUPR1993-001	$7.25	$7.25	$0.00	PR20260001 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (LOADERS)BuildingSUPR1993-001	$7.51	$7.25	$0.26	PR20260001 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)BuildingSUPR1993-001	$7.25	$7.25	$0.00	PR20260001 Mod 1
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (CRANES)BuildingSUPR1993-001	$7.25	$7.25	$0.00	PR20260001 Mod 1
OPERATOR: ROLLERHighwaySUPR2019-037	$12.45	$9.31	$3.14	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)HighwaySUPR2019-037	$13.56	$10.41	$3.15	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: MECHANICHighwaySUPR2019-037	$11.13	$10.19	$0.94	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADEHighwaySUPR2019-037	$13.78	$12.53	$1.25	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: CRANEHighwaySUPR2019-037	$13.02	$12.11	$0.91	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BULLDOZERHighwaySUPR2019-037	$11.72	$10.82	$0.90	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADERHighwaySUPR2019-037	$10.03	$9.38	$0.65	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEHighwaySUPR2019-037	$11.09	$10.34	$0.75	PR20260025 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEHeavySUPR2019-002	$12.31	$11.44	$0.87	PR20260036 Mod 1
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOEResidentialSUPR2019-022	$12.55	$12.00	$0.55	PR20260026 Mod 1

How Ponce Municipio compares

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

Every municipio in Puerto Rico

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Ponce Municipiobase $7.25$7.25
Peñuelas Municipiobase $7.25$7.25
Juana Díaz Municipiobase $7.25$7.25
Villalba Municipiobase $7.25$7.25

Operating Engineer rates in nearby localities

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

Municipio	Classification	Base + fringe	Base	vs Ponce Municipio
Ponce Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25
Peñuelas Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same
Juana Díaz Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same
Villalba Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same
Jayuya Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same
Guayanilla Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same
Adjuntas Municipio	POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (DIGGERS)	$7.25	$7.25	same

Puerto Rico operating engineer prevailing wage by municipio, 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 PR20260001 Mod 1, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/PR20260001/1

We read every active Puerto Rico 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 Ponce Municipio as CSV · Report an error