Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage

Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws

January 1, 2013

**Table of Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws**
STATE ¹	THRESHOLD AMOUNT
Alaska	$ 25,000
Arkansas	$ 75,000
California	$ 1,000
Connecticut	$ 400,000 for new construction $ 100,000 for remodeling
Delaware	$ 100,000 for new construction $ 15,000 for alteration, repair, renovation, rehabilitation, demolition, or reconstruction
Hawaii	$ 2,000
Illinois	None
Indiana	$ 350,000
Kentucky	$ 250,000
Maine	$ 50,000
Maryland	$ 500,000
Massachusetts	None
Michigan	None
Minnesota	$ 25,000 where more than one trade is involved $ 2,500 where a single trade is involved
Missouri	None
Montana	$ 25,000
Nebraska	None
Nevada	$ 100,000
New Jersey	$ 2,000 $ 14,187 $ 50,000 – aggregate cost for maintenance and repair
New Mexico	$ 60,000
New York	None
Ohio	$200,000 for new construction 2 / $60,000 for remodeling 2 /
Oregon	$ 50,000
Pennsylvania	$ 25,000
Rhode Island	$ 1,000
Tennessee	$ 50,000
Texas	None
Vermont	$ 100,000
Washington	None 3 /
West Virginia	None 4 /
Wisconsin	$100,000 where a multiple-trade project of public works is involved 5 / $48,000 where a single trade project of public works is involved
Wyoming	$ 25,000

Footnotes:

1/ Eighteen States do not have prevailing wage laws. These States are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia.

2/ Ohio . Ohio has distinct thresholds for work that involves roads, streets, alleys, sewers, ditches, and other works connected to road or bridge construction. The threshold for new construction that involves such work is $78,258. The threshold for remodeling that involves such work is $23,447.

Beginning January 1, 1996, and every even-numbered year thereafter, the Ohio director of commerce must adjust all the contract threshold amounts in accord with a formula set by the Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 4115.034.

3/ Washington . A separate law applicable only to State college/university construction provides for a $25,000 threshold amount.

4/ West Virginia . A $50,000 threshold is applicable for projects of the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.

5/ Wisconsin . A multiple-trade project of public works is one in which no single trade accounts for 85 percent or more of the total labor cost of the project. Where a multiple-trade project of public works is involved, a threshold of $234,000 applies to public works projects erected, constructed, repaired, remodeled, or demolished by a private contractor for: (1) a city or village with a population of less than 2,500 or (2) a town.

States Without Prevailing Wage Laws

Alabama - repealed in 1980

Arizona - invalidated by 1980 court decision
Repealed in referendum in 1984

Colorado - repealed in 1985

Florida - repealed in 1979

Georgia -

Idaho - repealed in 1985

Iowa -

Kansas - repealed in 1987

Louisiana - repealed in 1988

Mississippi -

New Hampshire - repealed in 1985

North Carolina -

North Dakota -

Oklahoma - invalidated by 1995 court decision

South Carolina -

South Dakota -

Utah - repealed in 1981

Virginia -

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This document was last revised in December 2012.