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Home›Nevada›#federal – Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) in Washoe County, Nevada – Highway Construction
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Prevailing Wage For Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) In Washoe, Nevada

WageFinder updated this rate on Thursday, July 30, 2026

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07/30/2026

The Total Prevailing Wage For A Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) In Washoe, Nevada Is $78.18 per hour*.

Data Source: SAM Government wages from https://sam.gov/wage-determination/NV20260110/1

* Minimum wages may apply, and in some cases are higher than the prevailing wage listed.

$78.18
$43.33 Rate, $34.85 Fringes
per hour
← Previous#federal – Operating Engineers: Group 6 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Up to and Including 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Boom Truck or Dual-purpose A-frame Truck; B.l.h. Lima Road Pactor or Similar; Chip Box Spreader (flaherty Type or Similar); Concrete Batch Plant (Wet or Dry); Concrete Saws (Highways, Streets, Airports, Canals); Locomotives (Over Thirty (30)Tons); Maginnis International Full Slab Vibrator (Airports, Highways, Canals and Warehouses); Mechanical Finishers (Concrete) (Clary, Johnson, Bidwell Bridge Deck or Similar Types); Mechanical Burn, Curb and/or Curb and Gutter Machine (Concrete or Asphalt); Pavement Breaker, Truck Mounted, With Compressor Combination; Pavement Breaker or Tamper (With or Without Compressor Combination); Power Jumbo Operator (Setting Slip-forms, Etc., in Tunnels); Roller Operator (Except Asphalt); Self-propelled Tape Machine; Self-propelled Compactor (Single Engine); Self-propelled Power Sweeper Operator; Slip-form Pump (Power-driven by Hydraulic, Electric, Air, Gas, Etc. Lifting Device for Concrete Forms); Small Rubber-tired Tractors; Snooper Crane, Paxton-mitchell or Similar; Stationary Pipe Wrapping, Cleaning and Bending Machine Operator) in Washoe County, Nevada – Highway ConstructionNext →#federal – Operating Engineers: Group 8 (Articulated On-site Dump Trucks; Asphalt Plant Engineer; Asphalt Milling Machine; Cast-in-place Pipe-laying Machine; Combination Slusher and Motor Operator; Concrete Batch Plant (multiple Units); Dozer Operator; Drill Doctor; Elevating Grader Operator; Stiff Frame Off Road Haul Trucks; Grooving and Grinding Machine (Highways); Ken Seal Operator; Marination Plant; Loader (Up to and Including Two and One-half (2 1/2)Cu. Yds); Mechanical Finishers or Spreader Machine (Asphalt, Barber-greene or Similar); Shuttle Buggy; Mechanical Trench Shield; Mixermobile; Push Cats; Road Oil Mixing Machine Operator Wood-mixer (And Other Similar Pugmill Equipment); Roller Operator (Asphalt); Rubber-tired Earthmoving Equipment (Up to and Including Thirty-five (35)Cu. Yds. ""struck"" M.r.c., Euclids, T-pulls, Dw10, 20, 21 and Similar); Water Pull; Screedman (Barber-greene and Similar) (Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Compactors With Dozer; Hyster 450, Cat 825 or Similar; Sheepfoot; Small Tractor (With Boom); Soil Stabilizer (P & H or Equal); Timber Skidder (Rubber-tired)Or Similar Equipment; Track Loader; Tractor-drawn Scraper; Tractor Operator; Tractor-mounted Compressor Drill Combination; Trenching Machine Operator (Over Three (3)Feet Depth); Tri-batch Paver; Tunnel Badger or Tunnel Boring Machine Operator; Tunnel Mole Boring Machine; Vermeer T-600b Rock Cutter; Vacuum Truck (Excludes Trailer Mounted Vacuums)) in Washoe County, Nevada – Highway Construction
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How this rate compares in Washoe County

At $78.18 per hour, the Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) rate in Washoe County is in line with the county median of $77.85, and ranks 23 of 50 classifications by total prevailing wage.

Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) against all 50 classifications on Washoe County determinations
This classification$78.18Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel))
County median$77.85across all classifications in the county
County range$47.87 – $98.31lowest to highest total prevailing wage
Fringe share45%$34.85 of the $78.18 total

Of that total, $43.33 is base cash wage and $34.85 is fringe. Fringe may be satisfied with bona fide benefit plan contributions, paid in cash, or a mix — but it is owed either way, and it is owed at straight time on overtime hours.

Compare Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) rates elsewhere

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Questions about this rate

What is the prevailing wage for a Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) in Washoe County, Nevada?

$78.18 per hour total — $43.33 base rate plus $34.85 in fringe benefits — under the federal determination covering highway construction in Washoe County, Nevada, dated Thursday, July 30, 2026.

Does this rate apply to every project in Washoe County?

No. It applies to highway construction under federal funding. The same county carries different rates for Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy work, and a state or city determination may apply instead of or alongside the federal one. Match all three — classification, construction type and funding source — before using a rate.

Is the fringe benefit amount included in the $78.18?

Yes. $78.18 is the base rate of $43.33 plus $34.85 of fringe. The fringe can be paid into bona fide benefit plans, paid as cash wages, or split between the two.

Where does this Operating Engineers: Group 7 (Auger Type Drilling Equipment Over 30 Ft. Depth Digging Capacity M.r.c.; Compressor (over 2); Concrete Conveyor or Concrete Pump, Truck or Equipment Mounted (Any Assistance Required Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer)Boom Length to Apply; Concrete Conveyor, Building Site; Drilling and Boring Machine, Vertical and Horizontal (Not to Apply to Waterliners, Wagon Drills or Jack Hammers); Crusher Plant Engineer; Generators; Kolman Loader; Material Hoist (Two (2)Or More Drums); Mine or Shaft Hoist; Pipe Bending Machines (Pipeline Only); Pipe Cleaning Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Pipe Wrapping Machines (Tractor-propelled and Supported); Portable Crushing and Screening Plants; Post Driller and/or Driver; Pumps (Over 2); Screedman (Except Asphaltic or Concrete Paving); Self-propelled Boom-type Lifting Device (Center Mount) (On Ten (10)Ton Capacity or Less); Slusher Operator; Soil Tester (Certified); Soils and Materials Tester; Surface Heater and Planer Operator; Trenching Machine (Maximum Digging Capacity Three (3)Ft. Depth) (Any Assistance in the Operation, If Needed, Shall Be Performed by an Assistant to Engineer); Truck-type Loader; Welding Machines (Gasoline or Diesel)) rate come from?

It is taken from the federal wage determination published on the official government source, linked above. WageFinder re-reads those sources weekly and does not alter the rates. For compliance, the government determination is the authoritative document.

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