Davis-Bacon rates — Chittenden County, Vermont

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

VT20260025 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 18 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
ELECTRICIAN	31.90	10.95	42.85
ELECTRICIAN (LOW VOLTAGE WIRING)	31.90	10.95	42.85
IRONWORKER, STRUCTURAL	33.65	26.12	59.77
PLUMBER	37.40	19.02	56.42
SHEET METAL WORKER (HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION ONLY)	36.75	18.63	55.38
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	14.00	0.81	14.81
SPRINKLER FITTER (FIRE SPRINKLERS)	19.43	2.30	21.73
ROOFER	18.98	4.40	23.38
PAINTER: ROLLER	16.82	—	16.82
PAINTER: BRUSH ONLY	16.82	—	16.82
OPERATOR: EXCAVATOR	17.00	0.95	17.95
OPERATOR: BULLDOZER	19.00	—	19.00
LABORER: MASON TENDER - CEMENT/CONCRETE	16.50	—	16.50
LABORER: MASON TENDER - BRICK	15.78	0.48	16.26
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL	13.11	3.52	16.63
CARPENTER, EXCLUDES DRYWALL HANGING	20.28	10.49	30.77
CARPENTER (DRYWALL HANGING ONLY)	17.15	1.63	18.78
BRICKLAYER	25.89	0.78	26.67

Residential

VT20260009 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 18 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVER	7.25	—	7.25
SHEET METAL WORKER	8.38	—	8.38
ROOFER	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: PAVER	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: LOADER	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: CRANE	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: BACKHOE	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (ROLLER)	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (GRADER)	7.25	—	7.25
POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: (BULLDOZER)	7.25	—	7.25
PLUMBER	7.25	—	7.25
PAINTER	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: RAKER	7.25	—	7.25
LABORERS: (GENERAL)	7.25	—	7.25
IRONWORKER	7.25	—	7.25
ELECTRICIAN	7.25	—	7.25
CEMENT MASON	8.70	—	8.70
CARPENTER	7.25	—	7.25

Highway

VT20260059 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 11 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
TRUCK DRIVER, INCLUDES ALL AXLES INCLUDING DUMP TRUCKS	18.88	2.33	21.21
TRAFFIC CONTROL: FLAGGER	12.66	—	12.66
OPERATOR: POUNDER	22.30	5.04	27.34
OPERATOR: PAVER (ASPHALT, AGGREGATE, AND CONCRETE)	21.41	3.55	24.96
OPERATOR: MILLING MACHINE	28.48	13.11	41.59
OPERATOR: LOADER	21.50	2.41	23.91
OPERATOR: BROOM/SWEEPER	18.57	2.47	21.04
OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID STEER/SKID LOADER	20.96	5.99	26.95
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	20.76	1.96	22.72
LABORER: COMMON OR GENERAL, INCLUDES ASPHALT RAKER, SHOVELER, SPREADER AND DISTRIBUTOR	17.57	2.04	19.61
CARPENTER, INCLUDES FORM WORK	21.66	3.58	25.24

Heavy

VT20260067 rev 1 · 05/18/2026 · 7 classifications

Classification	Base rate	Fringe	Total
LABORER (COMMON OR GENERAL)	25.40	21.43	46.83
LABORER: PIPELAYER	25.40	21.43	46.83
TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK	17.64	—	17.64
TRAFFIC CONTROL: FLAGGER	12.63	0.14	12.77
OPERATOR: LOADER	27.60	19.52	47.12
OPERATOR: BACKHOE/EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE	28.11	19.52	47.63
ELECTRICIAN, INCLUDES LOW VOLTAGE WIRING	28.82	2.85	31.67

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.