The Prevailing Wage Schedules / Updates posted on this site are provided for informational and annual determination purposes ONLY. An Original Wage Schedule MUST BE REQUESTED from the Bureau of Public Work.

The Labor Law requires public work contractors and subcontractors to pay a service employee under a contract for building service work for a public agency, a wage of not less than the prevailing wage and supplements (fringe benefits) in the locality for the craft, trade, or occupation of the service employee. Such a public work building service contract must be in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00).

Building service employee includes, but is not limited, to watchman, guard, building cleaner, porter, janitor, gardener, groundskeeper, stationary fireman, elevator operator and starter, fire safety director, window cleaner, and occupations relating to the collection of garbage or refuse, and to the transportation of office furniture and equipment, and to the transportation and delivery of fossil fuel but does not include clerical, sales, professional, technician and related occupations.

Building service employee also does not include any employee to whom the provisions of Article 8 are applicable.

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Generic Prevailing Wage Schedule By County
Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Central Office Use Only Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York City Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates     

Any corrections and changes to these schedules will normally be posted on the first business day of each month. The table below shows the current and past status of corrections and changes to these schedules.