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Prevailing & Living Wages
Prevailing & Living Wage
**Please be advised that a new section 220-j in Article 8 of the NYS Labor Law will require contractors and subcontractors to submit electronic certified payroll reports for public work contracts.
In accordance with this new section, the City is developing a publicly accessible online database of electronic certified payroll reports. All certified payroll reports for contracts bid for on or after December 31, 2025, will be required to be submitted electronically through this system.
Please check back for the latest updates.**
Prevailing wage requirements apply to public work projects and building services in New York City under the State Labor Law. City law establishes living wage requirements for certain types of contracts for building services, day care, Head Start, home care, food services, temporary workers, and services to persons with cerebral palsy.
In New York City, prevailing wage and living wage rates are determined and kept up to date by the New York City Comptroller. The prevailing rates of wages and supplements are determined annually on July 1 of each year and are effective through June 30 (for example, July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016). Prevailing rates are generally determined through collective bargaining agreements between bona fide labor organizations and private sector employers, provided that those employers employ at least 30 percent of workers in the same trade or occupation in the locality where the work is being performed.
View current and archived Prevailing and Living Wage schedules
Article 8 and Article 9 of New York State Labor Law information