Missouri Prevailing Wage Rates Set

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  Delores Rose (573-751-1518)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2019

 

Missouri Prevailing Wage Rates Set

Jefferson City, MO - The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) announced today that the prevailing wage rates have been established and are now in effect for use on all Missouri public works construction projects through Annual Wage Order No. 26 and General Wage Order No. 63.

The Annual Wage Order contains prevailing wage rates for each occupational title in each county and the city of St. Louis.  The prevailing wage is the minimum rate that must be paid to workers on public works construction projects in Missouri, such as bridges, roads, schools and government buildings. Additionally, the Division of Labor Standards provided the General Wage Order to the Missouri State Highways and Transportation Commission that lists the prevailing wage rates for construction projects by MODOT.

 DOLIR’s Division of Labor Standards is responsible for gathering wage information from public and private commercial construction projects statewide on an ongoing basis from contractors.  The wage information is used to determine wage rates for each of the twenty (20) different occupational titles for every Missouri county and the city of St. Louis.   Following major changes passed by the General Assembly in 2018 to the Prevailing Wage Law, the formula used to calculate the prevailing wage rates was changed significantly, with the inclusion of a Public Works Contracting Minimum Wage in lieu of the previous standard for counties with fewer than 1,000 reportable contractor hours.

 Annual Wage Order No. 26 is now in effect and is available at labor.mo.gov/prevailing-wage.   Public works contractors and public bodies are advised to contact the Division of Labor Standards for additional questions or information via email at prevailingwage@labor.mo.gov or by phone at (573)-751-3403.