Looking at a job that has prevailing wage and don’t know what it means. Is it a good thing?
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Are you in construction? If so, generally that means the wages are pretty high.
Sometimes people use the term interchangeably with something like “market rate,” but it does have a specific legal definition as outlined in the Davis-Bacon Act.
I work in real estate development. Some project I work on are legally required to pay prevailing wages which roughly track with union wages.
If the job means the actual legally defined term of prevailing wages, you should be able to look up exactly what the wage is for your county. In my county though, a carpenter for instance makes a base rate of $50/hour, increased pay for weekend and holidays, double pay if it’s overtime on a weekend, plus we have pay into their pension and benefits.
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