Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 36.05.070 (2026)
Wage rates in specifications and contracts for public works
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Sec. 36.05.070. Wage rates in specifications and contracts for public works.
(a) The advertised specifications for a public construction contract that requires or involves the employment of mechanics, laborers, or field surveyors must contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors and that the rate of wages shall be adjusted to the wage rate under AS 36.05.010.
(b) [Repealed, § 17 ch 142 SLA 1972.]
(c) A public construction contract under (a) of this section must contain provisions that
(1) the contractor or subcontractors of the contractor shall pay all employees unconditionally and not less than once a week;
(2) wages may not be less than those stated in the advertised specifications, regardless of the contractual relationship between the contractor or subcontractors and laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors;
(3) the scale of wages to be paid shall be posted by the contractor in a prominent and easily accessible place at the site of the work;
(4) the state or a political subdivision shall withhold so much of the accrued payments as is necessary to pay to laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors employed by the contractor or subcontractors the difference between
(A) the rates of wages required by the contract to be paid laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors on the work; and
(B) the rates of wages in fact received by laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors.
(a) The advertised specifications for a public construction contract that requires or involves the employment of mechanics, laborers, or field surveyors must contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid various classes of laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors and that the rate of wages shall be adjusted to the wage rate under AS 36.05.010.
(b) [Repealed, § 17 ch 142 SLA 1972.]
(c) A public construction contract under (a) of this section must contain provisions that
(1) the contractor or subcontractors of the contractor shall pay all employees unconditionally and not less than once a week;
(2) wages may not be less than those stated in the advertised specifications, regardless of the contractual relationship between the contractor or subcontractors and laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors;
(3) the scale of wages to be paid shall be posted by the contractor in a prominent and easily accessible place at the site of the work;
(4) the state or a political subdivision shall withhold so much of the accrued payments as is necessary to pay to laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors employed by the contractor or subcontractors the difference between
(A) the rates of wages required by the contract to be paid laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors on the work; and
(B) the rates of wages in fact received by laborers, mechanics, or field surveyors.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 1978–2004 · leading case: Fowler v. City of Anchorage, 583 P.2d 817 (Alaska 1978).
Fowler v. City of Anchorage, 583 P.2d 817 (Alaska 1978). “AS 36.05.070 requires that advertised specifications for public contracts of this type include a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid.”
City & Borough of Sitka v. Constr. & Gen. Laborers Local 942, 644 P.2d 227 (Alaska 1982). “Sitka notes that AS 36.05.070(a) applies only to “a public construction contract exceeding $2,000.”
Eastwind, Inc. v. State, 951 P.2d 844 (Alaska 1997). “010 and AS 36.05.070. Under the system established by the 1993 amendments, which became effective September 22, 1993, minimum wages are fixed at the prevailing wage rates in effect ten days prior to the final date for submission of bids on the public contract.”
Alaska State Fed'n of Labor v. State, Dep't of Labor, 713 P.2d 1208 (Alaska 1986). “040; AS 36.05.070. The Act clearly envisions contracts between the state or a political subdivision, and a contractor for the construction of a specified public project.”
Dayhoff v. Temsco Helicopters, Inc., 848 P.2d 1367 (Alaska 1993). “AS 36.05.070. In its pamphlet entitled “Laborers’ and Mechanics’ Minimum Rates of Pay,” DOL includes helicopter pilots/transporters as power equipment operators.”
Bd. of Trade, Inc. v. State, 968 P.2d 86 (Alaska 1998). “is a party, for construction, alteration, and/or repair ... and which requires or involves the employment of mechanics and/or laborers shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages .”
Bd. of Trade, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Labor, Wage & Hour Admin., 83 P.3d 1072 (Alaska 2004). “at 90 (citing AS 36.05.070(a)). . AS 36.95.010(3). . Bd.”
— Alaska Stat. § 36.05.070(a) — 5 cases
Fowler v. City of Anchorage, 583 P.2d 817 (Alaska 1978). “AS 36.05.070 requires that advertised specifications for public contracts of this type include a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid.”
Bd. of Trade, Inc. v. State, 968 P.2d 86 (Alaska 1998). “is a party, for construction, alteration, and/or repair ... and which requires or involves the employment of mechanics and/or laborers shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages .”
Eastwind, Inc. v. State, 951 P.2d 844 (Alaska 1997). “010 and AS 36.05.070. Under the system established by the 1993 amendments, which became effective September 22, 1993, minimum wages are fixed at the prevailing wage rates in effect ten days prior to the final date for submission of bids on the public contract.”
City & Borough of Sitka v. Constr. & Gen. Laborers Local 942, 644 P.2d 227 (Alaska 1982). “Sitka notes that AS 36.05.070(a) applies only to “a public construction contract exceeding $2,000.”
Bd. of Trade, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Labor, Wage & Hour Admin., 83 P.3d 1072 (Alaska 2004). “at 90 (citing AS 36.05.070(a)). . AS 36.95.010(3). . Bd.”
— Alaska Stat. § 36.05.070(c)(4) — 1 case
City & Borough of Sitka v. Constr. & Gen. Laborers Local 942, 644 P.2d 227 (Alaska 1982). “Sitka notes that AS 36.05.070(a) applies only to “a public construction contract exceeding $2,000.”
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