Davis-Bacon rates — James City County, Virginia

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.

Highway

VA20260195 rev 3 · 08/13/2026 · 33 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN, INCLUDES TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION	36.85	14.13	50.98
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	20.21	—	20.21
CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER	16.03	—	16.03
IRONWORKER, REINFORCING	24.03	—	24.03
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	27.38	—	27.38
LABORER: ASPHALT, INCLUDES RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTOR	18.62	2.62	21.24
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	14.85	—	14.85
LABORER: GRADE CHECKER	14.88	—	14.88
LABORER: PIPELAYER	17.76	—	17.76
LABORER: POWER TOOL OPERATOR	15.69	—	15.69
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	20.74	—	20.74
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	19.16	4.45	23.61
OPERATOR: BROOM/SWEEPER	17.40	2.01	19.41
OPERATOR: CRANE	24.42	4.69	29.11
OPERATOR: DRILL	24.66	—	24.66
OPERATOR: GRADALL	19.26	—	19.26
OPERATOR: GRADER/BLADE	23.21	—	23.21
OPERATOR: HYDROSEEDER	16.64	—	16.64
OPERATOR: LOADER	17.86	—	17.86
OPERATOR: MECHANIC	21.43	—	21.43
OPERATOR: MILLING MACHINE	23.12	3.60	26.72
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)	20.12	3.81	23.93
OPERATOR: PILEDRIVER	21.83	4.08	25.91
OPERATOR: ROLLER	21.32	—	21.32
OPERATOR: SCREED	22.13	4.89	27.02
OPERATOR: ASPHALT SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTOR	19.09	1.81	20.90
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER, INCLUDING UTILITY	19.43	—	19.43
TRAFFIC CONTROL: FLAGGER	12.89	—	12.89
TRUCK DRIVER : HEAVY 7CY & UNDER	15.53	—	15.53
TRUCK DRIVER: 1/SINGLE AXLE TRUCK	18.26	4.88	23.14
TRUCK DRIVER: FUEL AND LUBRICANT SERVICE	18.25	—	18.25
TRUCK DRIVER: HEAVY OVER 7 CY	16.98	—	16.98
TRUCK DRIVER: MULTI AXLE	18.77	4.63	23.40

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.