What is the Annual Wage Order?
The Division of Labor Standards issues the Annual Wage Order each year. It contains the proper hourly wage rates, overtime and holiday wage rates, and make up schedules for workers on prevailing wage projects.
Prevailing Wage
What is the prevailing wage?
The prevailing wage is the minimum wage amount that workers on Missouri public works construction projects above $75,000 must be paid. It is required by law and determined through surveys conducted by the Division of Labor Standards as to the number of actual hours worked at each wage rate paid to workers in each particular occupational title (classification/trade).
What is the Annual Wage Order?
The Division of Labor Standards issues the Annual Wage Order each year. It contains the proper hourly wage rates, overtime and holiday wage rates, and make up schedules for workers on prevailing wage projects.
As a contractor, how do I obtain a copy of the prevailing wage rate for a specific project?
Contact the public body involved in the project for an official copy of the prevailing wage rates that were made part of the bid specifications for that project. They are required by law to provide a copy of the Annual Wage Order for each project as part of the bid specifications.
What is the difference between major repair and maintenance?
The term “major repair,” for the purposes of identifying construction subject to the Prevailing Wage Law, means: the restoration of a facility to such a condition that it may be effectively utilized for its designated purpose.
How is the proper prevailing wage rate calculated for the wage order?
You can find details on how the prevailing wage rates are calculated and examples here.
Who should receive prevailing wage rates?
Any person performing construction on public works projects are to receive the prevailing rate of pay for work performed, regardless of their title or salary status. Employees who only perform a supervisory task would not be covered by prevailing wage.
Is there a minimum dollar amount before a project is considered a public works project?
Missouri's Prevailing Wage Law establishes a minimum wage rate for public works projects in Missouri valued over $75,000. Examples of public works projects include bridges, roads and government buildings. The law applies to all public works projects constructed by or on behalf of state and local public bodies.
I performed work on a particular project. Should I have received prevailing wages for the work performed?
The first step is to identify the project as private or public works. If designated as public works and meets the minimum cost of $75,000, the prevailing rate of wage should be paid.
What is the "Public Works Contracting Minimum Wage"?
The Public Works Contracting Minimum Wage (PWCMW) is used instead of the prevailing wage in counties where fewer than 1,000 hours are reported for a particular occupational title.
The PWCMW is calculated by multiplying the average wage rate in each county by 120%. This average wage rate for each county is computed annually by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC), part of the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED).