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Friday
Jul242009

Prevailing Wage Tidbits

DateFriday, July 24, 2009 at 7:43AM

* The Kentucky Department of Education has posted an updated listing of Kentucky school facility conditions. Kentucky's "total needs" is $1.2 billion. Theoretically, Kentucky taxpayers would have to pony up $1.44 billion to fix these schools - since $240 million would be needed to go toward artifically inflated wages as opposed to fixing the facilities.

* Disappointing to see the prevailing wage ordinance rise again in Louisville.

* If you wondering why Breckinridge County wants to ensure it doesn't pay the prevailing wage on its county highway garage - here's why:

Prevailing Wage vs. Market-based Wage in Breckinridge County for:

$22.93 - Bricklayers - KY Prevailing Wage

$16.88 - Bricklayers - BLS Mean Salary Data

$21.56 - Carpenters - KY Prevailing Wage

$14.93 - Carpenters - BLS Mean Salary Data

$26.66 - Electricians - KY Prevailing Wage

$23.11 - Electricians - BLS Mean Salary Data

Isn't it perverse that a small county like Breckinridge has to a) redesign its garage to shave off $100,000 and b) have its employees working in a leased welding shop for another several months so it can avoid paying bureaucratically determined wages?

 

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