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Prevailing wage for California is the legally mandated minimum hourly compensation, base pay plus fringe benefits, that every worker on a qualifying public works project must receive, as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
A prevailing wage is the minimum hourly rate, including fringe benefits, that contractors and subcontractors must pay workers on government-funded projects, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor or a state equivalent.
The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors on federal construction projects to pay locally determined wage rates. It has done so since 1931.
Every dollar the federal government spends on a construction project carries a choice: will it lift the local workforce, or will it undercut it? That's the fundamental question behind prevailing wage laws, and the answer shapes the livelihoods of millions of construction workers across the country.
