Prevailing wage in West Virginia
Prevailing Wage in West Virginia — Sources checked
Who and what this applies to
The status of the former Wages for Construction of Public Improvements article, West Virginia Code Chapter 21, Article 5A, and separate federal coverage. This guide does not assert the absence of every contractual or local wage term.
Thresholds and scope
The former Article 5A provisions are repealed and should not be used as current wage requirements.
The rules
- The current official code marks the former prevailing-wage provisions in Article 5A repealed, principally by 2016 Regular Session Chapter 39. Section 21-5A-4 was repealed earlier. Source
- Repeal of the state article does not remove federal wage requirements on qualifying federal public-building or public-work contracts exceeding $2,000 or on federally assisted projects covered by an applicable Related Act. Source
Primary sources
- West Virginia Code Chapter 21, Article 5A, official repeal annotations
- 40 U.S.C. §3142
- U.S. Department of Labor, Related Acts coverage, slides 11–13
Sources reviewed 2026-09-30. This guide covers the projects and rules stated above.
Not legal advice. This is general legal information. Laws and project facts differ; confirm the applicable requirements for your project.
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