Project: Niantic and Pattagansett Pump Stations: Roof Replacement
Minimum Rates and Classifications
for Building Construction
ID#: 26-3802
Connecticut Department of Labor
Wage and Workplace Standards Division
By virtue of the authority vested in the Labor Commissioner under provisions of Section 31-53 of the General Statutes of
Connecticut, as amended, the following are declared to be the prevailing rates and welfare payments and will apply only
where the contract is advertised for bid within 20 days of the date on which the rates are established. Any contractor or
subcontractor not obligated by agreement to pay to the welfare and pension fund shall pay this amount to each employee
as part of his/her hourly wages.
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Project: Niantic and Pattagansett Pump Stations: Roof Replacement
East Lyme
CLASSIFICATION
1b) Asbestos/Toxic Waste Removal Laborers: Asbestos removal and
encapsulation (except its removal from mechanical systems which are not to
be scrapped), toxic waste removers, blasters.**See Laborers Group 7**
Hourly Rate
Benefits
1c) Asbestos Worker/Heat and Frost Insulator
48.81
34.05
2) Boilermaker
50.21
30.01
3a) Bricklayer, Cement Mason, Concrete Finisher (including caulking), Stone
Masons
45.56
36.94 + a
3b) Tile Setter
43.0
34.75
3c) Tile and Stone Finishers
36.0
29.43
3d) Marble & Terrazzo Finishers
35.7
29.73
3e) Plasterer
44.52
29.63
As of:
March 31, 2026
3f) Terrazzo Mechanics & Marble Setters
------LABORERS------
4) Group 1: General laborers, carpenter tenders, concrete specialists,
wrecking laborers and fire watchers.
4) Group 1a: Acetylene Burners (Hours worked with a torch)
4a) Group 2: Mortar mixers, plaster tender, power buggy operators,
powdermen, fireproofer/mixer/nozzleman (Person running mixer and spraying
fireproof only).
4b) Group 3: Jackhammer operators/pavement breaker, mason tender
(brick), mason tender (cement/concrete), forklift operators and forklift
operators (masonry).
4c) **Group 4: Pipelayers: Licensed P6 -P7 (one or two employees of the
total crew who primary task is to perform mating of pipe sections).
4d) Group 5: Air track operator, sand blaster and hydraulic drills.
4e) Group 6: Blasters, nuclear and toxic waste removal.
4f) Group 7: Asbestos/lead removal and encapsulation (except it's removal
from mechanical systems which are not to be scrapped).
4g) Group 8: Bottom men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring
crew.
4h) Group 9: Top men on open air caisson, cylindrical work and boring crew.
As of:
March 31, 2026
40.6
35.7
36.7
35.95
36.2
36.7
36.45
38.7
38.7
36.2
35.7
39.93
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
28.85
4i) Group 10: Traffic Control Signalman
4j) Group 11: Toxic Waste Removers A or B With PPE
5) Carpenter, Acoustical Ceiling Installation, Soft Floor/Carpet Laying, Metal
Stud Installation, Form Work and Scaffold Building, Drywall Hanging,
Modular-Furniture Systems Installers, Lathers, Piledrivers, Resilient Floor
Layers.
5a) Millwrights
5b) Carpenter - Welder
5c) Carpenter: Working with creosote lumber or acid
6) Electrical Worker (including low voltage wiring) (Trade License required:
E1,2 L-5,6 C-5,6 T-1,2 L-1,2 V-1,2,7,8,9)
7a) Elevator Mechanic (Trade License required: R-1,2,5,6)
-----OUTSIDE LINE CONSTRUCTION----
Groundman
Linemen/Cable Splicer
8) Glazier (Trade License required: FG-1,2)
21.42
38.7
42.03
28.85
28.85
29.19
43.25
29.13
42.53
29.19
43.03
29.19
46.4 36.66+3% of
gross wage
69.55 38.985+a+b
32.1
13.95
58.37
33.94
43.13
26.50+ a
As of:
March 31, 2026
9) Ironworker, Ornamental, Reinforcing, Structural, and Precast Concrete
Erection
----OPERATORS----
Group 1: Crane Handling or Erecting Structural Steel or Stone; Hoisting
Engineer (2 drums or over). (Trade License Required)
Group 1a: Front End Loader (7 cubic yards or over); Work Boat 26 ft. and
Over
Group 2: Cranes (100 ton rate capacity and over); Bauer Drill/Caisson.
(Trade License Required)
Group 2a: Cranes (under 100 ton rated capacity).
Group 2b: Excavator over 2 cubic yards; Pile Driver ($3.00 premium when
operator controls hammer)
Group 3: Excavator; Gradall; Master Mechanic; Hoisting Engineer (all types
of equipment where a drum and cable are used to hoist or drag material
regardless of motive power of operation), Rubber Tire Excavator (Drott-1085
or similar);Grader Operator; Bulldozer Finegrade. (slopes, shaping, laser or
GPS, etc.). (Trade License Required)
Group 4: Trenching Machines; Lighter Derrick; CMI Machine or Similar;
Koehring Loader (Skooper); Goldhofer.
Group 5: Specialty Railroad Equipment; Asphalt Spreader, Asphalt
Reclaiming Machine; Line Grinder; Concrete Pumps; Drills with Self
Contained Power Units; Boring Machine; Post Hole Digger; Auger; Pounder;
Well Digger; Milling Machine (over 24 mandrel).
Group 5 continued: Side Boom; Combination Hoe and Loader; Directional
Driller.
As of:
March 31, 2026
45.25
43.62 + a
58.19
29.80 + a
53.33
29.80 + a
57.78
29.80 + a
56.79
29.80 + a
52.92
29.80 + a
51.92
29.80 + a
51.42
29.80 + a
50.63
29.80 + a
50.63
29.80 + a
Group 6: Front End Loader (3 up to 7 cubic yards); Bulldozer (rough grade
dozer).
Group 7: Asphalt Roller; Concrete Saws and Cutters (ride on types);
Vermeer Concrete Cutter; Stump Grinder; Scraper; Snooper; Skidder; Milling
Machine (24" and under mandrel).
Group 8: Mechanic; Grease Truck Operator; Hydroblaster; Barrier Mover;
Power Stone Spreader; Welding; Work Boat Under 26 ft.; Transfer Machine;
Rigger Foreman.
Group 9: Front End Loader (under 3 cubic yards); Skid Steer Loader
regardless of attachments; (Bobcat or Similar); Forklift, Power Chipper;
Landscape Equipment (including Hydroseeder); Vacuum Excavation Truck
and Hydrovac Excavation Truck (27 HG pressure or greater).
Group 10: Vibratory hammer; ice machine; diesel and air, hammer, etc.
Group 11: Conveyor, earth roller, power pavement breaker (whiphammer),
robot demolition equipment.
Group 12: Wellpoint Operator.
Group 13: Compressor Battery Operator.
Group 14: Elevator Operator; Tow Motor Operator (solid tire no rough terrain).
50.22
29.80 + a
49.77
29.80 + a
49.25
29.80 + a
48.67
29.80 + a
45.96
29.80 + a
45.96
29.80 + a
45.87
29.80 + a
45.12
29.80 + a
43.6
29.80 + a
Group 15: Generator Operator; Compressor Operator; Pump Operator;
Welding Machine Operator; Heater Operator.
Group 16: Maintenance Engineer.
As of:
March 31, 2026
43.06
29.80 + a
42.2
29.80 + a
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