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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Wanda Seeney (573) 751-7500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2008
Missouri Prevailing Wage Rates Set
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Commission last week announced that state prevailing wage rates have been established and are now in effect for use on all Missouri public works construction projects.
The Annual Wage Order contains prevailing wage rates for each occupational title in each county and the city of St. Louis. The prevailing wage is the minimum rate that must be paid to workers on public works construction projects in Missouri such as bridges, roads, schools, and government buildings.
The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Labor Standards is responsible for gathering wage information from public and private commercial construction projects statewide on an ongoing basis from contractors, labor organizations and public entities. The wage information is used to determine wage rates for each of the 26 different occupational titles and their subgroups for every Missouri county and the city of St. Louis. The most hours reported for a given wage rate for the occupational title in the county becomes the prevailing wage rate.
In recent years, the Division of Labor Standards sent out letters and e-mails to many Missouri contractors, labor organizations, county commissioners, city clerks, and Missouri public school superintendents in an effort to increase participation in the wage survey process. This outreach effort was very successful in increasing participation and this year the increased participation levels were maintained without the time and expense of additional outreach.
Annual Wage Order No. 15 is now in effect. To view Annual Wage Order No. 15, or for additional information, please visit the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Internet site http://www.dolir.mo.gov/ls/prevailingwage/annual_wage.asp#awo, e-mail at prevailingwage@dolir.mo.gov or call (573) 751-3403.
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