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Utah telecommunications technician prevailing wage, county by county

A telecommunications technician's Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in Utah runs from $29.42 an hour in Wayne County to $47.69 in Box Elder County. The median county is $47.69.

Main telecommunications technician classification in each county (Electrician (low voltage wiring only)), Davis-Bacon wage determinations on SAM.gov, as of October 25, 2026. 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)). Checked October 25, 2026.

Summit County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourSan Juan County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourDaggett County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourMorgan County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourCache County: no rate for this tradeDavis County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourPiute County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourUtah County: no rate for this tradeSanpete County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourWayne County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourEmery County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourGarfield County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourBeaver County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourIron County: no rate for this tradeBox Elder County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourUintah County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourWashington County: no rate for this tradeDuchesne County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourJuab County: no rate for this tradeMillard County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourSevier County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourTooele County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourCarbon County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourGrand County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hourRich County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourWasatch County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourSalt Lake County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourWeber County telecommunications technician: $47.69 per hourKane County telecommunications technician: $29.42 per hour
$29$29$29$47$47$47Telecommunications Technician, main rate, base + fringe per hour. Each shade holds about a fifth of the counties.

How much does a telecommunications technician make on prevailing wage in Utah?

3 groups of counties with identical rates and 13 with rates of their own, highest main rate first. The table below lists which counties are in each group.

  1. Summit County group4 counties$47.69
  2. Weber County group2 counties$47.69
  3. Box Elder County1 county$47.69
  4. Carbon County1 county$47.69
  5. Davis County1 county$47.69
  6. Salt Lake County1 county$47.69
  7. Sanpete County1 county$47.69
  8. Tooele County1 county$47.69
  9. Uintah County1 county$47.69
  10. Wasatch County1 county$47.69
  11. Sevier County group5 counties$29.42
  12. Beaver County1 county$29.42
  13. Garfield County1 county$29.42
  14. Grand County1 county$29.42
  15. Piute County1 county$29.42
  16. San Juan County1 county$29.42

Which counties pay which rate

CountiesMain classificationBase + fringeBase
Summit County group, 4 localities: Daggett, Duchesne, Rich, SummitELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Weber County group, 2 localities: Morgan, WeberELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Box Elder CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Carbon CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Davis CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Salt Lake CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Sanpete CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Tooele CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Uintah CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Wasatch CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$47.69 $31.86 
Sevier County group, 5 localities: Emery, Kane, Millard, Sevier, WayneELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 
Beaver CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 
Garfield CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 
Grand CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 
Piute CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 
San Juan CountyELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING ONLY)$29.42 $23.36 

3 groups of counties with identical DOL rates, and 13 counties with rates of their own.

Questions about Utah telecommunications technician pay

What is the telecommunications technician prevailing wage in Salt Lake County?

$47.69 an hour: a $31.86 base wage plus $15.83 in fringe benefits, under wage determination UT20260085, modification 1. Overtime and every telecommunications technician classification in Salt Lake County.

Does telecommunications technician prevailing wage include fringe benefits?

Yes. In Salt Lake County the $47.69 total is a $31.86 base wage plus $15.83 in fringe benefits, about 33% of the total. The employer owes the full amount for every hour worked.

Does telecommunications technician prevailing wage pay overtime in Utah?

Davis-Bacon rates are straight time. On contracts over $100,000, the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act requires 1½ times the basic rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (40 U.S.C. 3702). The fringe is owed for every hour at its straight-time amount.

Do apprentice telecommunications technicians get this rate?

Davis-Bacon determinations list journeyworker rates. Apprentices in a program registered with DOL or a recognized state agency can be paid the program's percentage of the rate, within its ratio; anyone else gets the full rate (29 CFR 5.5(a)(4)).

Why do some counties have the same telecommunications technician rate?

DOL often publishes the same telecommunications technician rates for several counties. Across Utah, the 24 counties with a telecommunications technician rate fall into 16 distinct sets of rates, and 3 of those sets are shared by more than one county; the largest covers 5 counties (the Sevier County group).