Prevailing Wage
General Prevailing Wage Information
All contractors and subcontractors working on city prevailing wage projects must adhere to prevailing craft trade wages. State prevailing wage may change during the duration of the project. However, Davis-Bacon federal wages locks in at the start of the project until completion. This is true regardless of the federal funding source. City, County or State funded projects will be guided by state prevailing wages for Hamilton County. Federally funded projects will be subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates. The contractor shall be responsible for paying any changes in the applicable wage rates and the accuracy of any wage rate changes received from the city.
Prevailing Wage Rates
THE CITY ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILTY IN THE EVENT OF AN ERROR IN ANY WAGE RATE LISTING.
Prevailing wage rates for any job classification are effective on the dates indicated and must be reflected on the pay period currently performed. Prevailing wage rates are to be posted at the construction site by the contractor in a place that is visible to all employees.
Apprentices working on a project must be enrolled in an apprenticeship program approved by the State of Ohio or the U.S. Department of Labor. Mandated ratios between journeymen and apprentices must be followed. Apprenticeship paperwork must be submitted to the Department of Economic Inclusion before an employee starts work on a project.
The contractor or subcontractor shall furnish each employee not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, written notification of the job classification of the employee, the prevailing wage rate that applies to the classification, broken into the hourly rate of pay and the fringe benefit amount. The name and contact information of the city’s prevailing wage coordinator should also be listed. This form must be submitted to the Department of Economic Inclusion before any employee starts work on a project.
Payroll Reporting Procedures for Prime Contractors & Subcontractors
All prime contractors and subcontractors will submit certified payroll reports to LCP Tracker at least once a month as well as upload important employee documentation including prevailing wage notification forms and apprenticeship paperwork. Certified payroll submissions must include the employee’s address, the last four digits of the social security number, the work classification, the basic hourly rate and the fringe benefit being given to the employee should at least equal the prevailing wage rate for the work classification that the employee is in. A "no work" payroll must be submitted for all weeks where there is no work performed by a contractor or subcontractor.
We encourage new users to attend online seminars which are conducted for free and on a regular basis. If you do not have an account with LCP Tracker at the start of a contract, an account will be created for you once you are approved to work as a subcontractor on the contract. The prime contractor will have to approve all certified payrolls submitted by their subcontractors before those payrolls will be sent to the City for review.
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