Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 36.05.010 (2026)
Wage rates on public construction
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Sec. 36.05.010. Wage rates on public construction.
A contractor or subcontractor who performs work on a public construction contract in the state shall pay not less than the current prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the region in which the work is done. The current prevailing rate of wages is that contained in the latest determination of prevailing rate of wages issued by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development at least 10 days before the final date for submission of bids for the contract. The rate shall remain in effect for the life of the contract or for 24 calendar months, whichever is shorter. At the end of the initial 24-month period, if new wage determinations have been issued by the department, the latest wage determination shall become effective for the next 24-month period or until the contract is completed, whichever occurs first. This process shall be repeated until the contract is completed.
A contractor or subcontractor who performs work on a public construction contract in the state shall pay not less than the current prevailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature in the region in which the work is done. The current prevailing rate of wages is that contained in the latest determination of prevailing rate of wages issued by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development at least 10 days before the final date for submission of bids for the contract. The rate shall remain in effect for the life of the contract or for 24 calendar months, whichever is shorter. At the end of the initial 24-month period, if new wage determinations have been issued by the department, the latest wage determination shall become effective for the next 24-month period or until the contract is completed, whichever occurs first. This process shall be repeated until the contract is completed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2022 · leading case: Eastwind, Inc. v. State, 951 P.2d 844 (Alaska 1997).
Eastwind, Inc. v. State, 951 P.2d 844 (Alaska 1997). “INTRODUCTION At issue in this appeal is whether the new wage rate determination provisions of the 1993 amendments to AS 36.05.010 apply to public construction contracts bid on prior to the effective date of the amendments.”
W. Alaska Bldg. & Constr. Trades Council v. Inn-Vestment Assocs. of Alaska, 909 P.2d 330 (Alaska 1996). “AS 36.05.010. Both the Alaska Department of Labor (DOL) and the State Attorney General indicated that the project was subject to Alaska's Little Davis-Bacon Act, and thus workers should be compensated in accordance with the statutorily mandated prevailing wage.”
State Bldg. & Constr. Trades Council v. City of Vista, 19 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 395 (Cal. 2012). “Accordingly, the Legislature, like many other states,4 the federal government,5 and even some cities,6 enacted a prevailing wage law, requiring public entities to pay 4 Thirty-one states have enacted a prevailing wage law.”
Fowler v. City of Anchorage, 583 P.2d 817 (Alaska 1978). “By mandate of AS 36.05.010, contractors performing work under public construction contracts are required to pay not less than the rates set forth in the current prevailing wage schedule.”
Dayhoff v. Temsco Helicopters, Inc., 772 P.2d 1085 (Alaska 1989). “The employees sought (1) unpaid prevailing wages, AS 36.05.010; (2) unpaid overtime wages, AS 23.”
Fairbanks North Star Borough v. Kandik Constr., Inc. & Assocs., 795 P.2d 793 (Alaska 1990). “*801 The contract required Kandik & Associates to pay prevailing wages pursuant to the Little Davis-Bacon Act, AS 36.05.010. During trial, the Borough attempted to introduce evidence that Kandik & Associates actually paid wages at less than the prevailing rate, then understated…”
Bd. of Trade, Inc. v. State, 968 P.2d 86 (Alaska 1998). “According to AS 36.05.010, a contractor or subcontractor who "performs work on public construction in the state" must pay the prevailing wage rate.”
Frank Bros., Inc. v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., Frank Busalacchi, Sec'y, & Marilyn Kuick, Chief Eeo/labor Compliance, 409 F.3d 880 (7th Cir. 2005). “Those states are: Alaska Stat. § 36.05.010 (Alaska); Ark. Code Ann.”
Laborers Local No. 942 v. Lampkin, 956 P.2d 422 (Alaska 1998). “Under AS 36.05.010, all employers, union and non-union, must pay at least the "prevailing wage" on public construction projects.”
City & Borough of Sitka v. Constr. & Gen. Laborers Local 942, 644 P.2d 227 (Alaska 1982). “The rate of wages shall be adjusted to the wage rate for each pay period as applicable under AS 36.05.010. 3 . The Unions submit that the reference to Contract No.”
Hawken Nw., Inc. v. State, Dep't of Admin., 76 P.3d 371 (Alaska 2003). “AS 36.05.010. 2 . AS 36.05.010; AS 36.95.”
Dayhoff v. Temsco Helicopters, Inc., 848 P.2d 1367 (Alaska 1993). “§ 276 (1988). ALD-BA stipulates that a contractor or subcontractor on a public construction contract must pay its employees the prevailing *1373 wage rate for similar work performed in a similar region.”
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