Prevailing wage rates · New Mexico · Wage determination
Prevailing wage rates: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia Counties, New Mexico
Highway construction · NM20260033 modification 1, published May 18, 2026
The short answer
This sheet sets 21 classifications for highway work in Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia Counties, New Mexico. Each line is a basic hourly rate plus a fringe rate, and the sum is the minimum you must pay for that work, from $12.17 an hour (laborer, common or general (bernallilo, torrance, and valencia)) to $35.36 (electrician (including traffic signalization & installation)). Your contract may lock an earlier modification.
What changed this year
First published January 2, 2026, this sheet is now on modification 1, but none of its modifications has changed a rate.
Latest change
May 18, 2026 · modification 1
4 classifications added, 4 classifications removed
Classifications added or removed
- Added: TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) $14.51 + $0.26
- Added: POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END) (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) $16.59 + $0.26
- Added: POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID LOADER (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) $14.91 + $0.26
- Added: LABORER, COMMON OR GENERAL (SANDOVAL) $11.85 + $0.35
- Removed: LABORER Sandoval
- Removed: POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia
- Removed: POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia
- Removed: TRUCK DRIVER Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia
Compared line by line from each modification as published on SAM.gov. A line we could not pair with certainty is left out rather than guessed.
Rates by classification
These are the rates in modification 1 as published on SAM.gov. The determination and modification written into your contract are the ones that bind you; check that number before relying on this table. Total is the basic rate plus the fringe. Source is the agreement or survey the rate came from and its year; a survey year long past means the rate has not been surveyed since. A marker means the group changed in this modification. In the Since column, a dash means SAM.gov reworded the line during the year and it cannot be matched to the first publication with certainty. A dagger (†) means the fringe carries a footnote or percentage the total does not include; read the group’s notes.
| Classification | Basic rate | Fringe | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNM2011-001 · Survey of contractors in NM, August 25, 2011 | ||||
| TRUCK DRIVER: WATER TRUCK | $13.51 | $1.51 | $15.02 | Survey, 2011 |
| TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) | $14.51 | $0.26 | $14.77 | Survey, 2011 |
| TRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCK (BERNALLILO) | $14.46 | $0.26 | $14.72 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: OILER (BERNALILO, SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, & VALENCIA) | $22.08 | $8.72 | $30.80 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END) (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) | $16.59 | $0.26 | $16.85 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: LOADER (FRONT END) (BERNALLILO) | $16.78 | $0.26 | $17.04 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID LOADER (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, VALENCIA) | $14.91 | $0.26 | $15.17 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BOBCAT/SKID LOADER (BERNALLILO) | $14.73 | $0.26 | $14.99 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (TRENCHER) | $15.22 | $0.26 | $15.48 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (EXCAVATOR/TRACKHOE) | $20.10 | $0.26 | $20.36 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (BROOM SWEEPER) | $16.67 | $1.57 | $18.24 | Survey, 2011 |
| POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: (BACKHOE) | $20.92 | $3.62 | $24.54 | Survey, 2011 |
| LABORER, COMMON OR GENERAL (SANDOVAL) | $11.85 | $0.35 | $12.20 | Survey, 2011 |
| LABORER, COMMON OR GENERAL (BERNALLILO, TORRANCE, AND VALENCIA) | $11.82 | $0.35 | $12.17 | Survey, 2011 |
| LABORER (TRAFFIC CONTROL (INCLUDES FLAGGER AND CONE SETTER)) | $14.27 | $0.35 | $14.62 | Survey, 2011 |
| IRONWORKER, REINFORCING | $22.61 | $6.03 | $28.64 | Survey, 2011 |
| ELECTRICIAN (INCLUDING TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION & INSTALLATION) | $25.91 | $9.45 | $35.36 | Survey, 2011 |
| CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, AND VALENCIA) | $15.58 | $0.26 | $15.84 | Survey, 2011 |
| CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (BERNALLILO) | $15.35 | $0.26 | $15.61 | Survey, 2011 |
| CARPENTER, INCLUDING FORM WORK (SANDOVAL, TORRANCE, AND VALENCIA) | $13.70 | $0.44 | $14.14 | Survey, 2011 |
| CARPENTER, INCLUDING FORM WORK (BERNALLLILO) | $13.73 | $0.44 | $14.17 | Survey, 2011 |
Modification history
| Modification 0 | January 2, 2026 |
| Modification 1 | May 18, 2026 (current) |
Published by the Wage and Hour Division; read from sam.gov. The sheet is checked for a newer modification each day. Contracts awarded since January 1, 2017 also carry Executive Order 13706 paid sick leave (one hour per 30 worked, up to 56 a year).
Questions people ask
- Which rate do I pay on NM20260033?
- The line for the classification of work actually performed: the basic rate plus the fringe. You may pay the fringe into benefit plans, as cash on every hour, or a mix. Overtime after 40 hours is 1.5 times the basic rate; fringe is paid on every hour and never multiplied.
- My trade is not on this sheet. What do I do?
- Do not borrow the nearest name. Ask the contracting agency for a conformance on Standard Form 1444 before the first week of that work, and note it as pending on the payroll.
- Does modification 1 apply to my contract?
- Only if it was in force when your contract was awarded (generally at bid opening). An earlier modification locked into the contract keeps applying, except on option years, added scope and indefinite-quantity contracts. The number and modification are on the first page of the exhibit in your contract.
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- 21 classifications in 1 rate groups
- 0 from agreements, 1 from surveys
- Counties: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia