Does the NPWHC provide Prevailing Wage Determinations for high paying professional occupations, e.g. physicians?
Yes. However, some prevailing wages are higher than what the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) accommodates because of its methods of data analysis. In some occupations and areas, OES provides a footnote that “This wage is equal to or greater than $70.00 per hour or $145,600 per year. In other situations, the OES footnote states “this wage is equal to or greater than $80.00 per hour or $166,400 per year. This means the actual wage for the occupation is an amount equal to or above the stated hourly wage. Thus, some locations and occupations do not have specific wages listed in the Online Wage Library (OWL) that the NPWHC uses to determine prevailing wages. This includes some physicians, dentists, and Chief Executives. Where the NPWHC does not have the information from OES to determine the actual prevailing wage for certain high paying occupations in the area of employment, the NPWHC will issue the prevailing wage as either $70.00 or $80.00 per hour as indicated in the OES data an
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