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HomeNew york#federal – Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday in Steuben County, New york – Highway Construction
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Prevailing Wage For Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday In Steuben, New york

WageFinder updated this rate on Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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07/28/2026

The Total Prevailing Wage For A Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday In Steuben, New york Is $75.64 per hour*.

Data Source: SAM Government wages from https://sam.gov/wage-determination/NY20260018/1

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

$75.64
$40.79 Rate, $34.85 Fringes
per hour
← Previous#federal – Operating Engineer: Group 1 (Tunnel and Shaft)Automated Concrete Spreader (Cmi or Equivalent); Automated Fine Grade Machine (Cmi); Backhoe; Belt Placer (Cmi or Similar); Blacktop Spreader (Automated); Cableway; Caisson Auger; Central Mix Plant (Automated); Cherry Picker (5 Tons); Concrete Curb Machine (Self-propelled Slipform); Concrete Pump; Crane; Crane Shaft; Crane Underground; Cranes and Derricks (Steel Erection); Dragline; Dredge; Dual Drum Paver; Excavator (All Purpose-hydraulicly Operated Gradall or Similar); Fork Lift (Factory Rated 15' and Over); Front End Loader (4cu Yd and Over); Head Tower (Sauerman or Equal); Hoist; Shaft; Hoist (Two or Three Drum); Holland Loader; Maintenance Engineer (Shaft and Tunnel); Mine Hoist; Mining Machine (Mole and Similar Types); Mucking Machine or Mose; Overhead Crane (Gantry or Straddle Type); Pile Driver; Power Grader; Quad 9, Quarry Master (Or Equivalent); Scraper; Shovel; Side Boom; Slip Form Paver; Tripper/Maintenance Engineer (Shaft and Tunnel); Tractor Drawn Belt-type Loader; Truck Crane; Truck or Trailer Mounted Log Chipper (Self Feeder); Tug Operator (Manned Rented Equipment Excluded); Tunnel Shovel Footnote: B. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works the Working Day Before and the Working Day After the Holiday in Steuben County, New york – Highway ConstructionNext →#federal – Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Heavy and Highway)Asphalt Paver, Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired), Bituminous Recycler Machine, Bituminous Spreader and Mixer, Blacktop Plant (Nonautomated), Blast or Rotary Drill (Truck or Tractor Mounted), Boring Machine, Cage Hoist, Central Mix Plant (Nonautomated)And All Concrete Batching Plants, Cherry Picker (5 Tons Capacity and Under), Concrete Paver (Over 16s), Crawler Drill, Self-contained, Crusher, Diesel Power Unit, Drill Rigs, Tractor Mounted, Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yd.), Greaseman/Lubrication Engineer, Hipressure Boiler (15 Lbs. and Over), Hoist (One Drum), Hydro-axe, Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders, L.c.m. Work Boat Operator, Locomotive Mixer (For Stabilized Base Selfpropelled), Monorail Machine, Plant Engineer, Profiler (105 H.p. and Under), Grinder, Post Hole Digger and Post Driver, Power Broom (Towed), Power Heaterman, Power Sweeper, Revinius Widener, Roller (Grade and Fill), Scarifier, Ride-on, Shell Winder, Skid Steer Loader (Bobcat or Similar), Span-saw, Ride-on, Steam Cleaner, Pug Mill, Pump Crete Ready Mix Concrete Plant Refrigeration Equipment (For Soil Stabilization)Road Widener, Roller (All Above Subgrade), Sea Mule, Self-contained Ride-on Rock Drill, Excluding Air-track Type Drill, Skidder, Tractor With Dozer and/or Pusher, Trencher. Tugger Hoist, Vermeer Saw (Ride on, Any Size or Type), Winch, Winch Cat Footnote: B. Paid Holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day Provided the Employee Works the Working Day Before and the Working Day After the Holiday in Steuben County, New york – Highway Construction

How this rate compares in Steuben County

At $75.64 per hour, the Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday rate in Steuben County is about 6% above the county median of $71.37, and ranks 23 of 50 classifications by total prevailing wage.

Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday against all 50 classifications on Steuben County determinations
This classification$75.64Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday
County median$71.37across all classifications in the county
County range$13.14 – $107.51lowest to highest total prevailing wage
Fringe share46%$34.85 of the $75.64 total

Of that total, $40.79 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 Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday rates elsewhere

Questions about this rate

What is the prevailing wage for a Operating Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday in Steuben County, New york?

$75.64 per hour total — $40.79 base rate plus $34.85 in fringe benefits — under the federal determination covering highway construction in Steuben County, New york, dated Tuesday, July 28, 2026.

Does this rate apply to every project in Steuben 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 $75.64?

Yes. $75.64 is the base rate of $40.79 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 Engineer: Group 2 (Excavating and Paving)Backhoe (Tractor Mounted, Rubber Tired); Bituminous Spreader and Mixer; Blacktop Plant (Non Automated); Boring Machine; Cage Hoist; Central Mix Plant (Non Automated)And All Concrete Batching Plants; Cherry Picker, 5 Tons and Under; Compressor (4 or Less)Exceeding 2000 Cfm Combined Capacity; Concrete Paver Over 16s; Concrete Pump; Crusher; Drill Rigs (Tractor Mounted); Front End Loader (Under 4 Cu. Yds); Hi- Pressure Boiler (15 Lbs and Over); Hoist (One Drum); Kolman Plant Loader and Similar Type Loaders; Maintenance Engineer; Maintenance Grease Man; Mechanical Slurry Machine; Mixer for Stabilized Base Self Propelled; Monorail Machine; Plant Engineer; Power Broom; Power Grader; Pump Crete; Ready Mix Concrete Plant; Road Widener; Roller (All Above Sub-grade); Side Boom; Tractor Scraper; Tractor With Dozer and or Pusher; Trencher; Winch Footnote: a. Paid Holidays: New Year's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, Regardless of the Day of the Week on Which the Holiday May Fall, Provided the Employee Works Either on the Work Day Immediately Preceding the Holiday or on the Scheduled Work Day Immediately Following the Holiday 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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