# Colorado — State prevailing wage law applicability thresholds

For Colorado, has a prevailing wage law is Yes; dollar threshold is $500,000; covered project types is public projects — any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or improvement of any land, building, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, or other public improvement; funding scope is state (projects utilizing federal funds are exempt from these requirements); administering agency is Office of the State Architect, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Colorado _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has a prevailing wage law:** Yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Dollar threshold:** $500,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered project types:** public projects — any construction, alteration, repair, demolition, or improvement of any land, building, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, or other public improvement _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Funding scope:** state (projects utilizing federal funds are exempt from these requirements) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Administering agency:** Office of the State Architect _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** C.R.S. §24-92-201 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Any construction contract awarded for $500,000 or more is subject to the requirements of prevailing wage and any public project construction in the amount of $1 million dollars or more shall be required to comply with the Apprenticeship utilization requirements of C.R.S. §24-92-115. Projects utilizing Federal funds are exempt from these requirements.

## Source

- https://osa.colorado.gov/state-buildings/prevailing-wage-and-apprenticeship

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
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