Surveys Must Meet the Following Criteria
- Data on which the wage is based must have been collected within 24 months of the publication date of the survey or, if the employer itself conducted the survey, within 24 months of the date the employer submits the survey to the NPWHC.
- A published survey must have been published within 24 months of the date of submission and it must be the most current edition of the survey with wage data that meet the criteria under this section.
- The survey data must represent similar jobs in the area of intended employment the area within normal commuting distance of the place (address) of intended employment. The area surveyed can be expanded if the employer can show that there are an insufficient number of workers in the original area.
- If the place of intended employment is within a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) or Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA), any place within the MSA or PMSA is deemed to be within the normal commuting distance of the place of intended employment.
- All locations within a Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) will not automatically be deemed to be within normal commuting distances for prevailing wage purposes.
- The borders of PMSAs, MSAs, or CMSAs are not controlling in the identification of the normal commuting area an employer location just outside of the PMSA, MSA, or CMSA boundary may still be considered within normal commuting distance.
- The survey's job description must match the job description contained in the employer's request for acceptance to use the survey or other wage data for prevailing wage purposes.
- The job description submitted on the request for acceptance of an employerprovided survey or other wage data will be used in determining the appropriate level of skill to be applied.
- The wage data must have been collected across industries that employ workers in the occupation.
- The survey should produce an arithmetic mean (weighted average) of wages for workers in the appropriate occupational classification in the area of intended employment. If a mean is not available, the median can be used.
- The survey must identify a statistically valid methodology that was used to collect the data.
- The minimum sample size is 3 organizations and 30 incumbents.
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