WageBasis

Build your rate basis

Three steps: find the determination, tick the classifications you are actually carrying and enter their hours, then label the sheet. $49 for the project. See a finished one first.

1. Which determination are you bidding against?

Bid documents usually name the determination outright. When they name only the project, find it by the county the work is in.

How do you want to find it?

Two letters for the state, then eight digits. We read the modification that is current right now.

Before you price against this

This page covers federal Davis-Bacon general wage determinations only. State prevailing-wage programmes and Service Contract Act determinations are published separately and are not included here.

Which determination, construction type, and classification apply to a particular contract depends on facts specific to that contract. This page states what the published determination says; confirm applicability with your contracting officer.

A classification that is not printed on the determination is not priced by it. The published route for adding one is a conformance request to the contracting officer, not an estimate.