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Prevailing Wage Program

Hotline: (617) 626-6953, Email: DLSfeedback@state.ma.us

The Department of Labor Standards (DLS) issues prevailing wage information for construction projects and other types of public work.

DLS issues prevailing wage schedules to cities, towns, counties, districts, authorities, and state agencies. Workers must receive these hourly wage rates when working on a public project. Prevailing Wage rate schedules vary by region, type of work and other factors. To get the proper rates for your region/job, you must request a determination. You may also request an example prevailing wage schedule below.

What would you like to do?

Top tasks

Register as a requestor of prevailing wages 
Download a weekly certified payroll record form 

All other tasks

Official request for prevailing wages 
Request an example prevailing wage schedule 
Topical outline of Massachusetts prevailing wage law 
Request a annual update to an existing prevailing wage schedule 
Request a reprint of a previously-issued wage schedule  
Download a prevailing wage statement of compliance form 
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What you need to know

Prevailing wage guide for awarding authorities 
Prevailing wage law guide for contractors  
Prevailing wage statutes, and regulations 
Weekly payroll records report and statement of compliance 
Prevailing wage guide for workers 
Prevailing wage guide for contractors 
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Contact Information

Address

Boston
19 Staniford Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02114
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Haverhill
4 Summer Street , Room 212, Haverhill, MA 01830
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Lawrence
Senator William X. Wall Experiment Station, 37 Shattuck Street , Lawrence , MA 01843
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Springfield
1 Federal Street, Building 101, 3rd Floor, Springfield , MA 01105
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Taunton
Taunton Career Center Building, 72 School Street , Taunton, MA 02780
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Westborough
Hadley Building, 167 Lyman Street , Westborough , MA 01581
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Phone

Boston (617) 626-6960

Asbestos or deleading walk-in licensing services available Mondays only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Abierto solo los lunes de 9:00 am a 3:00 pm)

Haverhill (978) 372-9797

Asbestos or deleading walk-in licensing services available Wednesdays only from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Abierto solo los miércoles de 9:00 am a 3:00 pm)

Lawrence (508) 616-0461

No licensing. (No hay servicio de licencias.)

Springfield (413) 781-2676

Asbestos or deleading walk-in licensing services available the first Tuesday of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Abierto el primer martes de cada mes de 9:00 a.m. a 3:00 p.m.)

Taunton (508) 616-0461

No licensing. (No hay servicio de licencias.)

Westborough (508) 616-0461

Asbestos or deleading walk-in licensing services available the third Friday of each month from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Abierto el tercer viernes de cada mes de 9:00 a.m. a 3:00 p.m.)

Fax

Boston (617) 626-6965
Haverhill (978) 372-9998
New Bedford (508) 984-3562
Springfield (413) 732-6374
Westborough (508) 616-0467

Additional Resources

Public review process for Prevailing Wage opinion letters
Housing authority position request form (PDF 61.34 KB)
Certified payroll report form (PDF 1.15 MB)
Prevailing wage weekly payroll record report and statement of compliance (PDF 15.18 KB)
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