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News Release 
 
U.S. Department of Labor | May 8, 2019 
 
U.S. Department of Labor Conducting Wage Survey of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin 
Islands Construction Projects 
GUAYNABO, PR – The U. S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is conducting a 
survey of all building, highway, residential, and heavy construction projects active in the U.S. Virgin 
Islands and Puerto Rico that occurred between July 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018. The purpose to 
establish prevailing wage rates as required under the Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA). This 
survey is not limited to federally funded construction projects.  
"Participation in the survey by contractors and other interested parties is crucial to the wage-setting 
process. Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates should reflect the actual wages and fringe benefits paid 
to construction workers in the local subdivision where the work takes place," said Wage and Hour 
Division Northeast Deputy Regional Administrator Maria Rosado. "Full participation will allow us to 
provide accurate prevailing wages and to create a complete wage determination which, in turn, will 
reduce the need for contractors to request additional classifications." 
WHD is sending notification letters and data collection forms (WD-10s) to all interested parties and 
contractors of which the Wage and Hour Division is aware. You do not have to receive a letter to 
participate in the survey. If you would like to receive a letter, please contact Angel A. Aguero at (267) 
687-4059. Data must be postmarked by September 3, 2019, to be included in the survey.  You can 
also participate in this survey electronically at www.dol.gov/whd/programs/dbra/wd10/index.htm. 
Agency 
Wage and Hour Division 
 
Date 
May 8, 2019 
 
Release Number 
19-0735-NEW 
 
Media Contact: Ted Fitzgerald 
Phone Number 
617-565-2075 
Email 
fitzgerald.edmund@dol.gov 
 
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Media Contact: James C. Lally 
Phone Number 
617-565-2074 
Email 
lally.james.c@dol.gov