# Virginia — State prevailing wage law applicability thresholds

For Virginia, has a prevailing wage law is Yes; dollar threshold is $250,000; covered project types is public works — the operation, erection, construction, alteration, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any public facility or immovable property owned, used, or leased by a state agency or locality; funding scope is state-funded (or local, if locality has adopted an ordinance); administering agency is Department of Labor and Industry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Virginia _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has a prevailing wage law:** Yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Dollar threshold:** $250,000 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered project types:** public works — the operation, erection, construction, alteration, improvement, maintenance, or repair of any public facility or immovable property owned, used, or leased by a state agency or locality _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Funding scope:** state-funded (or local, if locality has adopted an ordinance) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Administering agency:** Department of Labor and Industry _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Virginia Code 2-2-4321.3 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> The Prevailing Wage law applies to contracts for public works paid for in whole or in part by state funds, valued at $250,000 or more if either of the following criteria are met: The contracting public body is a unit of State Government or an instrumentality of the State, and there is any State funding for the project; or The contracting public body is a locality that has adopted an ordinance requiring the payment of the prevailing wage for public works paid for in whole or in part by funds of the locality.

## Source

- https://doli.virginia.gov/programs/labor-law/prevailing-wage-law/

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2027-08-15.
Part of [State prevailing wage law applicability thresholds](https://referencesource.org/state-prevailing-wage-thresholds/).