Prevailing Wages in Somerset County, New Jersey
Prevailing wages in Somerset County, New Jersey run $13.16 to $119.58 per hour (base rate plus fringe benefits) across the 44 Davis-Bacon determination records shown below. The median total is $86.69, and among the 42 records that list a fringe separately the median fringe is $34.02. The applicable rate depends on the labor classification, the construction type and the funding source.
#federal – Carpenter Dock Builder (All Other Work) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $105.42
Base Rate: $52.98 | Fringe: $52.44
#federal – Carpenter Dock Builder (Concrete Form Work) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $91.25
Base Rate: $52.02 | Fringe: $39.23
#federal – Carpenter the First Sixty Feet at the Regular Rate, 10% Per Hour Additional for Each Additional Fifty Feet Thereafter in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $91.44
Base Rate: $57.42 | Fringe: $34.02
#federal – Cement Mason in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $87.56
Base Rate: $49.60 | Fringe: $37.96
#federal – Electrician, Teledata Technicians (16 Voice or Data Lines or More and Fiber Optics) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $107.14
Base Rate: $62.09 | Fringe: $45.05
#federal – Painters:: Brush and Roller (New Construction) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $62.91
Base Rate: $40.19 | Fringe: $22.72
#federal – Painters:: Brush and Roller (Repaint Work, on Projects on Which No Major Alterations Occur.) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $47.96
Base Rate: $29.05 | Fringe: $18.91
#federal – Painters: (Work on Bridges (major Bridges Designed for Commercial Navigation)) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $92.13
Base Rate: $58.28 | Fringe: $33.85
#federal – Roofer Shingles Mopper, and Operator of Felt-laying Machine: $.50 Per Hour Additional. Work Applying Roofing Material, on Any New Construction Job, on Those Days on Which a Felt-laying Machine or Slag Dispensing Machine Is Used: $.50 Per Hour Additional. Paid Holiday: the Last Working Day Before Christmas, to Be Paid at the Rate of Four Hours Pay in Somerset County, New Jersey – Heavy
Total Wage: $107.14
Base Rate: $56.34 | Fringe: $50.80
#federal – Cement Mason in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $87.56
Base Rate: $49.60 | Fringe: $37.96
#federal – Drywall Finisher/Taper in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $75.02
Base Rate: $44.87 | Fringe: $30.15
#federal – Independence Day, Labor Day, Presidential Election Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day; Provided That the Employee Has Been Assigned to Work, or, ""shapes"", One Day of the Calendar Week During Which the Holiday Occurs. Definition of Groups: Group 1: Driver of the Following Types of Vehicle: Dump; Flat; Float; Pick-up; Container Hauler; Fuel; Water Sprinkler; Road Oil; Stringer Bead; Hot Pass; Bus; Dumpcrete; Transit Mixer; Agitator Mixer; Half Track; Winch Truck; Side-o-matic; Dynamite; Powder; X-ray; Welding; Skid; Jeep; Station Wagon; Stringer; A-frame; Dual-purpose Truck; Truck With Mechanical Tailgate; Asphalt Distributor; Batch Truck; Seeding; Mulching; Fertilizing; Air Compressor Truck (In Transit); Parts Chaser; Escort; Scissor; Hi-lift; Telescope; Concrete Breaker; Gin Pole; Stone, Sand, Asphalt Distributor and Spreader; Nipper; Fuel Truck (Driver of Fuel Truck Including Handling of Hose and Nozzle - Entire Unit); Team Driver; Vacuum or Vac-all Trucks (Entire Unit); Skid Truck (Debris Container - Entire Unit); Concrete Mobile Truck (Entire Unit); Beltcrete Truck; Pumpcrete Truck; Line Truck; Reel Truck; Wrecker; Tow Truck; Utility Truck; Tack Truck; Cardex Person; Driver on the Following Types of Vehicle: Broyhill Coal Tar Epoxy Truck, Littleford Bituminous Distributor, Slurry Seal Truck or Vehicle, Thiokol Track Master Pick-up (Swamp Cat Pick-up); Bucket Loader Dump Truck and Any Rubber-tired Tractor Used in Pulling and Towing Farm Wagons and Trailers of Any Description; On-site Repair Shop Group 2: Driver of 3-axle Materials Truck and Float Group 3: Driver of All Euclid-type Vehicles: Euclid; International Harvester; Wabco; Caterpillar; Koehring, Tractor and Wagon; Dumpster; Dump; Bottom, Rear and Side Dump; Carry-all and Scraper (Not Self-loading, Loading Over the Top); Water Sprinkler Trailer; Water Pull and Similar Types of Vehicle; Driver of Tractor and Trailer-type Vehicle: Flat, Float, I-beam, Low Bed, Water Sprinkler, Bituminous, Transit Mix, Road Oil, Fuel, Bottom Dump Hopper, Rear Dump, Office, Shanty, Epoxy, Asphalt, Agitator Mixer, Mulching, Stringing, Seeding, Fertilizing, Pole, Spread Bituminous Distributor, Water Pull (Entire Unit), Tractor Trailer, Reel Trailer, and Similar Types of Vehicle Group 4: Winch Trailer Driver in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $91.44
Base Rate: $57.42 | Fringe: $34.02
#federal – Laborers: (Asphalt Shoveler, Asphalt Spreader, Common or General Laborer, Landscape Laborer, Power Tool Operator and Screedman.) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $66.72
Base Rate: $36.50 | Fringe: $30.22
#federal – Painter (Spray) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $75.41
Base Rate: $45.55 | Fringe: $29.86
#federal – Plasterer in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $70.01
Base Rate: $38.37 | Fringe: $31.64
#federal – Roofer Slate and Tile Mopper, and Operator of Felt-laying Machine: $.50 Per Hour Additional. Work Applying Roofing Material, on Any New Construction Job, on Those Days on Which a Felt-laying Machine or Slag Dispensing Machine Is Used: $.50 Per Hour Additional. Paid Holiday: the Last Working Day Before Christmas, to Be Paid at the Rate of Four Hours Pay in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $76.77
Base Rate: $44.52 | Fringe: $32.25
#federal – Sheet Metal Worker (Including HVAC Duct Installation) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Building
Total Wage: $102.85
Base Rate: $51.30 | Fringe: $51.55
#federal – Carpenter in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $91.44
Base Rate: $57.42 | Fringe: $34.02
#federal – Carpenter, Includes Drywall Hanging in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $92.64
Base Rate: $54.24 | Fringe: $38.40
#federal – Electricians: All Other Work: (Cable Splicer)Work Forty Ft. or More Above the Ground or Protective Rigging (Does Not Apply to Pole Work, or to Use of a Manlift or High Reach-type Lift): 10% Per Hour Additional. Work With, or the Removal of, Asbestos Materials: 112% Times the Journeyman Rate in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $85.42
Base Rate: $50.92 | Fringe: $34.50
#federal – Electricians: All Other Work: (Cable Splicer)Work on Line Voltage of 440 or 480 Volts: 10% Per Hour Additional. Work from Trusses, Scaffolds, Frames, Ladders and Poles, 40 Ft. or More Above the Ground or Floor (Does Not Include Work from a Manlift): 20% Per Hour Additional. Work on Radio Towers, Transmission Towers and Smokestacks: 21% Per Hour Additional in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $64.10
Base Rate: $39.83 | Fringe: $24.27
#federal – Electricians: (Apartments Over 4 Units) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $58.05
Base Rate: $34.05 | Fringe: $24.00
#federal – Laborer (Mason Tender: Cement/Concrete) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $119.58
Base Rate: $73.59 | Fringe: $45.99
#federal – Line Construction: All Other Work: (Cable Splicer) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $52.05
Base Rate: $31.03 | Fringe: $21.02
#federal – Line Construction: All Other Work: (Cable Splicer)Work With, or the Removal of, Asbestos Materials: 112% Times the Journeyman Rate in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $80.13
Base Rate: $49.79 | Fringe: $30.34
#federal – Line Construction: All Other Work: (Crane Operator) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $100.26
Base Rate: $49.94 | Fringe: $50.32
#federal – Line Construction: All Other Work: (Line Technician) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $86.74
Base Rate: $51.71 | Fringe: $35.03
#federal – Line Construction: All Other Work: (Winch Operator) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $102.56
Base Rate: $52.24 | Fringe: $50.32
#federal – Line Construction: Continuous Pipe-type Underground Oil-filled Transmission Conduit Installations: (Cable Splicer) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $75.41
Base Rate: $45.55 | Fringe: $29.86
#federal – Line Construction: Continuous Pipe-type Underground Oil-filled Transmission Conduit Installations: (Crane Operator) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $75.41
Base Rate: $45.55 | Fringe: $29.86
#federal – Operator: Concrete Pump, Truck Mounted in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $64.10
Base Rate: $39.83 | Fringe: $24.27
#federal – Painter (Brush & Roller) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $86.63
Base Rate: $53.21 | Fringe: $33.42
#federal – Roofer (All Types) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $107.63
Base Rate: $65.43 | Fringe: $42.20
#federal – Roofer (Includes All Types of Roofs) in Somerset County, New Jersey – Highway
Total Wage: $86.74
Base Rate: $51.71 | Fringe: $35.03
#federal – Bricklayer in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $87.56
Base Rate: $49.60 | Fringe: $37.96
#federal – Carpenter, Includes Drywall Hanging, and Form Work in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $59.37
Base Rate: $37.19 | Fringe: $22.18
#federal – Cement Mason in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $87.56
Base Rate: $49.60 | Fringe: $37.96
#federal – Drywall Finisher/Taper in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $73.27
Base Rate: $43.41 | Fringe: $29.86
#federal – Ironworker: Reinforcing in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $100.26
Base Rate: $49.94 | Fringe: $50.32
#federal – Ironworker: Structural in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $102.56
Base Rate: $52.24 | Fringe: $50.32
#federal – Laborer: Common or General in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $13.16
Base Rate: $13.16
#federal – Laborer: Mason Tender: Cement/Concrete in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $52.42
Base Rate: $29.35 | Fringe: $23.07
#federal – Operator: Concrete Pump, Truck Mounted in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $15.84
Base Rate: $13.50 | Fringe: $2.34
#federal – Painter: Brush and Roller, Excludes Drywall Finishing/Taping in Somerset County, New Jersey – Residential
Total Wage: $20.53
Base Rate: $20.53
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Common questions
What is the prevailing wage in Somerset County, New Jersey?
There is no single prevailing wage for a county — each labor classification has its own rate. Across the 44 records listed on this page, total prevailing wage in Somerset County, New Jersey runs from $13.16 to $119.58 per hour, median $86.69. Find your classification in the list above to get the rate that actually applies.
Which construction types are covered in Somerset County, New Jersey?
The determinations on this page cover Building, Heavy, Highway, Residential construction. Davis-Bacon splits work into Building, Residential, Highway and Heavy, and the same trade can carry a different rate under each. A Highway rate does not apply to Building work in the same county.
Are these federal or state rates?
This page shows federal determinations. Federal Davis-Bacon rates apply to federal and federally assisted projects; state and city determinations apply to their own public works. Where more than one applies to a project, the higher rate for each classification generally governs.
How current are the Somerset County, New Jersey rates?
The most recent determination shown here is dated July 28, 2026. WageFinder re-reads the official sources weekly. Every rate links back to its determination on the government source, which is the authoritative document for compliance.