Davis-Bacon rates — Venango 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

PA20260070 rev 4 · 08/20/2026 · 42 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR (INDUSTRIAL; MECHANICAL- DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSULATION)	46.50	29.43	75.93
BOILERMAKER	48.28	33.17	81.45
TILE FINISHER	28.76	17.16	45.92
TILE SETTER	35.64	21.63	57.27
BRICKLAYER: INCLUDING POINTING, CAULKING, CLEANING AND BRICK REFRACTORY WORK ADDITIONAL $0.75 TO THE BASE WAGE FOR BRICK REFRACTORY WORK	34.14	22.77	56.91
MASON - STONE ADDITIONAL $0.75 TO THE BASE WAGE FOR BRICK REFRACTORY WORK	34.14	22.77	56.91
CARPENTER (ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, FLOOR LAYING-HARDWOOD FLOORS, CARPET, AND VINYL)	35.94	19.02	54.96
MILLWRIGHT	43.00	23.44	66.44
CARPENTER (SCAFFOLD BUILDING ONLY)	35.94	19.02	54.96
CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING, METAL STUD INSTALLATION AND FORM WORK ONLY)	31.95	17.09	49.04
ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF SOUND AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND LOW VOLTAGE WIRING; EXCLUDES HVAC TEMPERATURE CONTROL INSTALLATION AND ALARM INSTALLATION)	49.11	36.79	85.90
ELECTRICIAN (ALARM INSTALLATION ONLY)	51.45	29.77	81.22
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE, BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER, LOADER, CRANE* *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
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: OILER	29.70	21.32	51.02
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE), BULLDOZER, DRILL RIG CAISSONS, FORKLIFT (LULL), MAN LIFT/OUTSIDE ELEVATOR	36.87	21.32	58.19
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: ROLLER, FORKLIFT (RIDDEN OR SELF-PROPELLED)	32.25	21.32	53.57
IRONWORKER (REINFORCING, STRUCTURAL AND METAL ROOF INSTALLATION ONLY)	36.26	28.16	64.42
LABORER (COMMON OR GENERAL; CONCRETE WORKER)	26.82	19.39	46.21
PAINTER (SPRAY ONLY, EXCLUDES WORK ON INDUSTRIAL SITES)	27.95	16.12	44.07
PAINTER: BRUSH AND ROLLER ONLY	30.56	23.72	54.28
PAINTER: DRYWALL FINISHING/TAPING ONLY	32.39	23.26	55.65
PAINTER (INDUSTRIAL: SPRAY ONLY)	36.01	23.72	59.73
GLAZIER	28.30	10.73	39.03
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	31.77	21.89	53.66
PLASTERER	30.69	18.99	49.68
PLUMBER	46.98	25.47	72.45
PIPEFITTER (INDUSTRIAL)	47.75	26.55	74.30
PIPEFITTER (EXCLUDES HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION AND WORK ON INDUSTRIAL SITES)	40.02	26.55	66.57
PIPEFITTER (HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION ONLY)	48.15	29.17	77.32
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	49.75	30.26	80.01
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, DRYWALL HANGING AND METAL STUD INSTALLATION, FLOOR LAYER - CARPET, HARDWOOD, AND VINYL, FORM WORK AND SCAFFOLD BUILDING	25.57	10.53	36.10
ELECTRICIAN (HVAC/TEMPERATURE CONTROLS INSTALLATION ONLY)	29.05	16.89	45.94
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	18.41	6.45	24.86
MECHANICAL INSULATOR, INCLUDING DUCT AND PIPE AND EXCLUDING WORK ON INDUSTRIAL SITES	30.60	17.16	47.76
ROOFER, EXCLUDES INSTALLATION OF METAL ROOFS	24.13	11.95	36.08
SHEET METAL WORKER (METAL FLASHING INSTALLATION ONLY)	31.43	20.05	51.48
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	24.98	11.88	36.86
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	23.23	18.53	41.76
OPERATOR: MECHANIC	36.53	22.01	58.54
IRONWORKER: ORNAMENTAL	34.91	30.85	65.76
IRONWORKER, RIGGER	35.22	30.56	65.78
OPERATOR: HIGHLIFT	31.19	22.01	53.20

Residential

PA20260038 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 11 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
BRICKLAYER (FOREST, JEFFERSON, VENANGO AND CLARION (EXCEPT BRADY, MADISON, PERRY, PORTER, REDBANK, TOBY TWPS) COUNTIES)	34.14	22.77	56.91
BRICKLAYER (CRAWFORD COUNTY)	32.79	23.32	56.11
BRICKLAYER (ARMSTRONG, INDIANA, AND CLARION (BRADY, MADISON, PERRY, TOBY, PORTER, AND REDBANK TOWNSHIPS) COUNTIES)	36.55	24.46	61.01
ROOFER	16.78	2.28	19.06
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (ROLLERS)	11.50	—	11.50
PLUMBER	14.69	—	14.69
PAINTERS: BRUSH,ROLLER (EXCLD. DRYWALL FINISHING	14.30	6.31	20.61
LABORER, UNSKILLED	11.02	3.18	14.20
ELECTRICIAN	14.99	5.30	20.29
DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER	10.65	2.57	13.22
CARPENTER	14.26	3.28	17.54

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.