2025 Construction Prevailing Wage Rates

Please Note: The 2025 rates were updated to reflect a more consistent comparison among the three survey components. (When the Legislature added Davis-Bacon rates to the comparisons there was no guidance on the timing of the rates that applied to that component.) The timing of the comparisons was initially not consistent among the components and that was corrected. Rules are being written to specify the process and make the comparison timing consistent. We apologize for the delay.

The Bureau has included the federal Davis-Bacon rates in its calculation of Maine’s prevailing wage and benefits rates. This is due to a statutory change enacted in the first session of the 131st Legislature (26 MRS § 1308(1)(C)). To do this, the Bureau followed the regular process detailed in the Rules Governing the Establishment and Use of Fair Minimum Wage Rates on State Construction Projects. After translating the federal trades to match our occupational classification system, we increased 56 State prevailing wage rates to match their corresponding federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rate.

Prevailing wage rates can be found below. You can select the county and identify the category for the project:

  • Building 1 - As of 2022, the Bureau no longer collects data from businesses classified as performing the work in the Building 1 subcategory. For projects in the Building 1 subcategory, please use the Building 2 rates.
  • Building 2 - Other than one or two family homes
  • Highway and Earthwork
  • Heavy and Bridge