The readable SAM.gov

Davis‑Bacon prevailing wage rates, made readable.

The official county × trade rates from the US DOL determinations on SAM.gov — in clean tables, with the WD number and date on every page.

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Updated weekly from the official US DOL determinations.
Sourced from SAM.gov (public domain) WD # + date on every page Updated weekly Free calculator, no signup

Prevailing wage by state

Browse the highest-construction states. In states with their own prevailing-wage law, rate pages show the federal and state rate side by side — the higher governs on state-funded work.

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The methodology that keeps a certified-payroll shop out of a back-wage finding.

Guide
How to read a wage determination
Field by field: WD number, construction type, base + fringe columns, modifications.
Guide
How to fill out the WH-347
Line by line, with a worked example and the Statement of Compliance.
Guide
Fringe per hour: the $13k mistake
Why flat-weekly fringe underpays a crew — and the annualization math that fixes it.
Guide
Federal vs state — which applies
When the state prevailing wage governs, and why the higher of the two wins.

The free certified-payroll calculator

Base + fringe × the hours actually worked → your true hourly obligation. Handles cash-in-lieu vs bona-fide credit and the annualization that trips shops up. No signup.

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Certified payroll
The weekly WH-347 workflow, start to finish
Pull the rate → classify → fringe per hour → WH-347 → submit to the prime. Plus the sub-reconciliation the enterprise vendors skip.
Software
Choosing compliance software? An honest comparison
LCPtracker, eBacon, Points North and the QuickBooks baseline — what each actually does, and what your GC may already require. Independent, affiliate-supported.

Every rate carries its receipt

WD number, modification, effective date, and a link to the official SAM.gov source on every rate page — re-synced weekly. A wrong or stale rate is the top risk on a Davis-Bacon job, so we show our work.

How we source rates →