Pulling the rate table…
ELEVATOR MECHANIC A. PAID VACATION leads the building schedule for Cape May County, NJ at $71.85 base plus $38.44 fringe. The active federal wage determination covering building construction in Cape May County, NJ lists 39 classifications with published rates, base pay from $35.75 to $71.85 per hour. The determination was last modified May 18, 2026.
| Classification | Base | Fringe | WD |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR(Includes the application of all insulating materials, protective coverings, coatings and finishings to all types of mechanical systems; also, the application of firestopping material to openings and penetrations in walls, floors, ceilings and curtain walls; also, all lead PAID HOLIDAYS: The last day prior to the Christmas and New Year's Day observed holiday: 4 hrs. pay | $55.80 | $40.80 | NJ20260029 |
| BRICKLAYER Work on high stacks22% per hour additional | $45.20 | $33.26 | NJ20260029 |
| CARPENTER(SCAFFOLD The first sixty feet at the regular rate, 10% per hour additional for each additional fifty feet thereafter | $57.42 |
The most recent modification to the governing determination is dated May 18, 2026. DOL's weekly publication cycle means further modifications can post on any Friday.
With 39 classifications carrying published rates, this is a comparatively deep schedule; most trades a building project needs appear without a conformance request.
100% of the rate lines here carry union local identifiers, so the published figures track negotiated agreements, which is why some classifications carry high fringe amounts relative to base.
A wage determination is cited as number plus modification, for example NJ20260029 Mod dated May 18, 2026. Your certified payroll should reflect the determination in your contract, not necessarily the newest one.
Save the full determination text with your bid papers the day you price the job. If rates change later, the contract determination is your record of what you bid against.
DOL publishes modifications weekly, generally Fridays. A quick check before running payroll catches a mid-project modification before it shows up in an agency review instead.
The classification that applies is determined by the work performed, not the worker's title. A foreman who works with the tools is generally due the rate for the hours on the tools.
You can meet the fringe obligation with bona fide benefit plan contributions, cash, or a combination. Track the hourly equivalent of what you contribute; agencies ask for the math.
The signed Statement of Compliance may be the WH-347 back page or another document with identical wording. The signature is a federal certification by your company's officer; accuracy is on the certifier.
Synced from SAM.gov July 18, 2026. The wage determination incorporated into your contract is the legally operative document.
| $34.17 |
| NJ20260029 |
| CARPENTER(INCLUDING ACOUSTICAL CEILING INSTALLATION, DRYWALL HANGING, FORMWORK, BATT AND BLOWN INSULATION) | $57.42 | $34.17 | NJ20260029 |
| CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER | $53.21 | $33.42 | NJ20260029 |
| DRYWALL FINISHER/TAPER | $44.87 | $30.15 | NJ20260029 |
| ELECTRICIANTELEDATA TECHNICIANS: 15 VOICE DATA LINES OR LESS | $41.00 | $32.75 | NJ20260029 |
| ELECTRICIANTELEDATA TECHNICIANS: 16 VOICE DATA LINES OR MORE AND FIBER OPTICS | $41.00 | $32.75 | NJ20260029 |
| ELECTRICIANCABLE SPLICER ON LEAD CABLE | $46.51 | $34.39 | NJ20260029 |
| ELECTRICIAN AND CABLE SPLICER | $55.05 | $48.76 | NJ20260029 |
| ELEVATOR MECHANIC A. PAID VACATIONEmployer contributes 8% of basic hourly rate for 5 years or more of service or 6% for 6 months to 5 years of B. Eight Paid Holidays (provided employee has worked 5 consecutive days before and the working day after the holiday): New Years's Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day | $71.85 | $38.44 | NJ20260029 |
| IRONWORKERSTRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL | $54.24 | $38.40 | NJ20260029 |
| IRONWORKERREINFORCING | $53.24 | $38.40 | NJ20260029 |
| LABORERMASON TENDER: BRICK/CEMENT/CONCRETE | $36.50 | $30.22 | NJ20260029 |
| LABORERASPHALT RAKER, ASPHALT SHOVELER, ASPHALT SPREADER, COMMON OR GENERAL LABORER, LANDSCAPE LABORER, PIPELAYER, POWER TOOL OPERATOR AND SCREEDMAN | $35.75 | $30.22 | NJ20260029 |
| MARBLE SETTER | $64.66 | $40.97 | NJ20260029 |
| MILLWRIGHT Work of erection and dismantling of elevators and towers, such asconcrete conveyors and temporary material elevators, scaffolding or other structures to be used as scaffolding inside or outside of buildings: the first sixty feet at the regular rate, 10% per hour additional for each additional fifty feet thereafter | $58.84 | $35.06 | NJ20260029 |
| PAINTER(SPRAY) | $45.55 | $29.86 | NJ20260029 |
| PAINTER(BRUSH & ROLLER) | $45.55 | $29.86 | NJ20260029 |
| PIPEFITTER(INCLUDING HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION) | $56.30 | $50.76 | NJ20260029 |
| PLASTERER | $38.37 | $31.64 | NJ20260029 |
| PLUMBER(EXCLUDING HVAC PIPE INSTALLATION) | $56.30 | $50.76 | NJ20260029 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORSGROUP 5 OILER HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: WORK ON A STATE OR FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, WHERE THE WORKER IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AND WHEN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR RESPIRATORY, SKIN AND EYE PROTECTION: 20% PER HOUR ADDITIONAL. PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY, LABOR DAY, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY, VETERAN'S DAY, THANKSGIVING DAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY; PROVIDED 1) THAT THE WORKER W | $52.88 | $37.50 | NJ20260029 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORSGROUP 1 BACKHOE, INCLUDING BACKHOE TRACK; BOOM; CONCRETE PAVING MACHINE; CRANE (ALL TYPES, INCLUDING OVERHEAD AND STRADDLE TRAVELING TYPE); DRILL (DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL, ROTARY DRILL, SELF-PROPELLED HYDRAULIC DRILL, SELF-POWERED DRILL); ELEVATING GRADER; EXCAVATOR; FRONT END LOADER (5 CU. YD. AND OVER); PILEDRIVER (LENGTH OF BOOM, INCLUDING LENGTH OF LEADS, SHALL DETERMINE PREMIUM RATE APPLICABLE); TRENCHER HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: WORK ON A STATE OR FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, | $61.72 | $37.50 | NJ20260029 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORSGROUP 2 BACKHOE LOADER COMBO; CONCRETE PUMPER; GRADER/BLADE (FINISH); HOIST; HYDRAULIC CRANE, 10 TONS AND UNDER; FRONT END LOADER (2 CU. YD. BUT LESS THAN 5 CU. YD.); SCRAPER; SIDE BOOM HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: WORK ON A STATE OR FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, WHERE THE WORKER IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AND WHEN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR RESPIRATORY, SKIN AND EYE PROTECTION: 20% PER HOUR ADDITIONAL. PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, WASHINGTON | $60.13 | $37.50 | NJ20260029 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORSGROUP 3 ASPHALT SPREADER; BULLDOZER;COMPRESSOR(2 OR 3) (IN BATTERY) (WITHIN 100 FT.); FORKLIFT; FRONT END LOADER (1 CU. YD. AND OVER BUT LESS THAN 2 CU. YD.); LULL; MAN LIFT/OUTSIDE ELEVATOR; MECHANIC; PAVER, ASPHALT; ROLLER, BLACKTOP; TRACTOR; HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: WORK ON A STATE OR FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, WHERE THE WORKER IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AND WHEN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR RESPIRATORY, SKIN AND EYE PROTECTION: 20% PER | $58.22 | $37.50 | NJ20260029 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORSGROUP 4 BOBCAT/SKID LOADER; COMPRESSOR (SINGLE); FARM TRACTOR; FRONT END LOADER (UNDER 1 CU. YD.); HYDROSEEDER; ROLLER, GRADE; PUMP, HYDRAULIC HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: WORK ON A STATE OR FEDERALLY DESIGNATED HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE, WHERE THE WORKER IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, AND WHEN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS REQUIRED FOR RESPIRATORY, SKIN AND EYE PROTECTION: 20% PER HOUR ADDITIONAL. PAID HOLIDAYS: NEW YEAR'S DAY, WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED, MEMORIAL DAY, INDEPEN | $56.59 | $37.50 | NJ20260029 |
| ROOFERALL OTHER Mopper, and operator of felt-laying machine: $.50 per hour Work applying roofing material, on any new construction job, on those days on which a felt-laying machine or slag dispensing machine is used: $.50 per hour PAID HOLIDAY: The last working day before Christmas, to be paid at the rate of four hours pay | $46.03 | $34.27 | NJ20260029 |
| ROOFERSLATE AND Mopper, and operator of felt-laying machine: $.50 per hour Work applying roofing material, on any new construction job, on those days on which a felt-laying machine or slag dispensing machine is used: $.50 per hour PAID HOLIDAY: The last working day before Christmas, to be paid at the rate of four hours pay | $38.95 | $21.85 | NJ20260029 |
| ROOFERMopper, and operator of felt-laying machine: $.50 per hour Work applying roofing material, on any new construction job, on those days on which a felt-laying machine or slag dispensing machine is used: $.50 per hour PAID HOLIDAY: The last working day before Christmas, to be paid at the rate of four hours pay | $35.95 | $21.85 | NJ20260029 |
| SHEET METAL WORKER(INCLUDING HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION) | $59.08 | $47.06 | NJ20260029 |
| SOFT FLOOR LAYER | $57.42 | $34.17 | NJ20260029 |
| SPRINKLER FITTER(FIRE SPRINKLERS) | $59.19 | $36.51 | NJ20260029 |
| TERRAZZO FINISHER | $43.63 | $32.12 | NJ20260029 |
| TILE FINISHER Work grouting all epoxy$10.00 additional per day | $43.63 | $32.12 | NJ20260029 |
| TILE SETTER | $52.31 | $38.01 | NJ20260029 |
| TRUCK DRIVEROFF THE ROAD HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: Work on a state or federally designated hazardous waste site, where the worker is in direct contact with hazardous materials, and when personal protective equipment is required for respiratory, skin and eye protection: $3.00 per hour Work on a state or federally designated hazardous waste site, where personal protection A, B, C or D is NOT required: $1.00 per hour SHIFT WORK: An owner mandated irregular shift staring any time other than between 6:00 am | $44.65 | $34.11 | NJ20260029 |
| TRUCK DRIVERDUMP TRUCK HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL WORK: Work on a state or federally designated hazardous waste site, where the worker is in direct contact with hazardous materials, and when personal protective equipment is required for respiratory, skin and eye protection: $3.00 per hour Work on a state or federally designated hazardous waste site, where personal protection A, B, C or D is NOT required: $1.00 per hour SHIFT WORK: An owner mandated irregular shift staring any time other than between 6:00 am an | $44.30 | $34.11 | NJ20260029 |
| Work at 30 ft. above the working surface, or on the swing stage$1.00 per hour additional | $49.96 | $35.11 | NJ20260029 |
* changed in the most recent modification. Survey-based (SU) identifiers are non-union survey rates. Amounts tagged per day or per shift are published that way in the source determination and are not hourly wages; they are excluded from the hourly figures above.