Examples of Prevailing Wage
Employers who fail to pay their employees the prevailing wage rate for their trade and occupation.
Employers who misclassify their employees as independent contractors in order to avoid paying employees the prevailing wage.
The examples provided above are not an exhaustive list of violations. Learn more about the Prevailing Wage Law.
Debarments and Settlements
Prevailing Wage App
Statistics and Collections
The following information represents a historical accounting of Prevailing Wage Act Collections.
Updated December 20, 2022.
Year | Contractors | % Collected | Intent Voluntary Debarment | Unintentional | Adjust | Assessed | Collected |
2015 | 43 | 96% | 1 | 21 | 21 | $1,509,189.88 | $1,458,432.36 |
2016 | 47 | 96% | 6 | 39 | 2 | $1,095,973.74 | $1,047,991.42 |
2017 | 60 | 99% | 5 | 48 | 7 | $1,065,308.07 | $1,057,991.25 |
2018 | 74 | 95% | 4 | 57 | 13 | $1,058,650.14 | $1,006,335.76 |
2019 | 126 | 99% | 2 | 58 | 66 | $4,186,736.53 | $4,150,548.94 |
2020 | 76 | 99% | 3 | 39 | 34 | $5,319,011.45 | $5,304,092.51 |
2021 | 52 | 100% | 0 | 23 | 29 | $1,075,621.60 | $1,075,621.60 |
2022 | 41 | 100% | 0 | 25 | 16 | $955,209.58 | $955,209.58 |
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Prevailing Wage/PennDOT Treatments
Work | Designation¹ | Comments |
|---|---|---|
Crack Sealing | Maintenance | |
| Seal Coat | Maintenance | |
| Slurry Seal | Maintenance | |
| Ralumac application | Maintenance | |
| Microsurfacing | Maintenance | |
| Fog Seal | Maintenance | |
| Scrub Seal | Maintenance | |
| Ultrathin Friction Course | Maintenance | |
| Repaving | Construction | |
| Cold In-Place Recycling | Construction | |
| Hot In-Place Recycling | Construction | |
| Milling with and without Thin HMA Overlay (Wearing Course) | Construction | |
| Leveling Course with Thin HMA Overlay | Construction | |
| Base Repair | Construction | May be maintenance work if incidental to pothole patching. |
| Pavement Patching | Maintenance | |
| Widening | Construction | |
| Shoulder Upgrade | Construction | |
| Routine cleaning of drainage features, including minor pipe repairs | Maintenance | Pipe Replacement is reconstruction and nonmaintenance. |
| Repair of drainage features including pipe replacement. | Construction | |
| Guide Rail | ||
| Maintenance | |
| Construction | |
¹ The term construction includes construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration and/or repair work other than maintenance work and requires Pennsylvania prevailing wages. Work that is maintenance work is excluded from these wage requirements. A project that is comprised of both maintenance and non-maintenance will likely require Pennsylvania prevailing wages. 43 P.S. § 165-2(5).