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Labor rate tables
A reference sheet listing what each trade and labor classification costs per hour on a construction job, used to price bids.
What it usually contains
- Base hourly wages by trade and skill level (foreman, journeyman, apprentice, laborer)
- Burden additions such as payroll taxes, workers' comp, insurance, and fringe benefits
- Fully loaded billing rates including overhead and markup
- Overtime, double-time, shift differential, and per diem or travel premiums
- Effective dates, union agreement or prevailing wage references, and geographic area
What the assistant uses it for
Answering what a given trade costs per hour on a bid, how the loaded rate is built up from base wage plus burden, and which premium applies for overtime, night work, or travel.
How it is versioned
A document of this type has exactly one current version at a time. Upload a revision and it becomes the version that counts — the one before it is kept and dated, but is no longer what your assistant answers from. Nothing is ever deleted, so you can always show what this document said on a given date.
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