Davis-Bacon rates — Centre County, Pennsylvania

Every active general wage determination covering this county, one section per construction type. These rates are the minimum that must be paid on a federal or federally assisted contract.

Pick the construction type that matches your contract, not the highest rate. Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy are separate determinations with different rates, and using the wrong one is a common reason a certified payroll comes back rejected. Where your trade appears under several classifications the choice between them is a judgement call — the plainest match is usually right, and the contracting officer can confirm it.

Building

PA20260082 rev 2 · 05/18/2026 · 34 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)	43.00	29.81	72.81
BOILERMAKER	48.28	33.17	81.45
MASON - STONE	31.35	13.85	45.20
BRICKLAYER (INCLUDING POINTING, CAULKING, AND CLEANING)	31.35	13.85	45.20
TILE SETTER	35.64	21.63	57.27
TILE FINISHER	28.76	17.16	45.92
CARPENTER (SCAFFOLD BUILDING AND FLOOR LAYING-HARDWOOD ONLY)	33.01	18.09	51.10
CARPENTER (INCLUDES ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, BATT INSULATION, DRYWALL HANGING, METAL STUD INSTALLATION, FLOOR LAYING-CARPET AND VINYL, FORM WORK AND GUTTER INSTALLATION; EXCLUDES SCAFFOLD BUILDING AND FLOOR LAYING-HARDWOOD FLOORS.)	33.01	18.09	51.10
MILLWRIGHT	43.00	23.44	66.44
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDES ALARM INSTALLATION, INSTALLATION OF SOUND AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING; EXCLUDES HVAC TEMPERATURE CONTROL INSTALLATION)	50.86	31.78	82.64
ELECTRICIAN (HVAC/TEMPERATURE CONTROLS INSTALLATION ONLY)	40.00	27.42	67.42
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: ROLLER	32.25	21.32	53.57
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: OILER	29.70	21.32	51.02
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: HOIST, PUMP	29.70	21.32	51.02
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER, DRILL, GRADALL, GRADER/BLADE, PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)	36.87	21.32	58.19
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE, BULLDOZER, CRANE* LOADER, MECHANIC) *ADD TO CRANE RATE BOOMS 101-150 JIBS- ADD $.75 BOOMS 151-200 JIBS- ADD $1.50 BOOMS 201-251 JIBS- ADD $2.25	36.87	21.32	58.19
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL, REINFORCING, RIGGER, AND STRUCTURAL	32.29	32.41	64.70
LABORER (MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE)	30.24	12.05	42.29
LABORER: MASON TENDER-BRICK	29.56	17.05	46.61
PAINTER: BRUSH, ROLLER, AND SPRAY ONLY	30.56	23.72	54.28
PAINTER (DRYWALL FINISHING/TAPING ONLY)	32.39	23.26	55.65
GLAZIER	25.40	25.47	50.87
PLASTERER	29.20	12.86	42.06
PLUMBER (INDUSTRIAL)	47.75	26.55	74.30
PLUMBER (EXCLUDES WORK ON INDUSTRIAL SITES)	41.36	29.45	70.81
PIPEFITTER (INCLUDES HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION)	41.36	29.45	70.81
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	49.75	28.96	78.71
SHEET METAL WORKER: HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY FOOTNOTE: PAID HOLIDAY: ELECTION DAY	45.02	44.09	89.11
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	23.36	7.60	30.96
SHEET METAL WORKER, EXCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION.$ 32.03 22.87 ROOFER: WATERPROOFING ONLY	29.50	21.10	50.60
ROOFER, EXCLUDES WATERPROOFING	33.50	22.10	55.60
OPERATOR: FORKLIFT, ALL TYPES	23.69	13.13	36.82
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	18.55	9.67	28.22
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	26.02	13.86	39.88

Residential

PA20260026 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 9 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVER	7.25	—	7.25
SHEET METAL WORKER	8.24	—	8.24
PLUMBER	10.00	—	10.00
PAINTER	8.00	—	8.00
LABORER, UNSKILLED	7.25	—	7.25
FLOOR LAYER: CARPET	8.00	—	8.00
ELECTRICIAN	8.80	—	8.80
CARPENTER (INCLUDING DRYWALL)	7.50	—	7.50
BRICKLAYER	11.00	—	11.00

Filing the WH-347 that these rates feed into? I build certified payroll tools, and I will prepare your first weekly filing from your payroll register free, with worker names removed — partly to be useful, partly because real registers are the only way to test the thing properly. hamza.aiemployee@gmail.com. No sign-up on this site, and nothing here is tracked.