Basic hourly rate
$56.55 /hr
Cash-wage floor
One live Maui solicitation, read the way a Chapter 104 auditor reads it: which law governs, the exact rate that binds you, and the three places small electrical subs lose money or get their payment held.
It is a State of Hawaiʻi DOT Harbors procurement on HIePRO, so state prevailing wage governs and your weekly deliverable is a Hawaiʻi certified payroll with a Statement of Compliance, filed with the harbor district — not the federal WH‑347 form most contractors reach for when they hear "harbor job." Wrong regime, wrong wage table, wrong form, held payment.
The workhorse classification for a facility power & lighting upgrade. Straight from the current statewide schedule — Hawaiʻi does not publish a separate Maui table, so this rate is the Kahului rate.
Splicing medium-voltage cable on the standardization work? That crew hour is a Cable Splicer [Inside] — $97.28/hr ($63.90 base + $33.38 fringe), not journeyman. Different classification, different line on the payroll — track it by the hour or eat the difference.
Under Chapter 104 the prevailing wage is base plus fringe. You discharge the fringe through bona-fide health/pension/apprenticeship plans, or you pay it as additional cash. A non-union shop with no qualifying plans owes the full $33.16/hr as cash wages — a worker who sees only the $56.55 base on their check is being underpaid by $33.16 every hour, and that is a back-wage finding.
Remark 13 spells it out, and it is the single most-fumbled calculation on a certified payroll. One rate is right; both common shortcuts are violations.
Most Chapter 104 trades run time-and-a-half. Electrician (Inside/Outside) is on the 2× exception list for Sundays plus New Year's, Presidents', Memorial, Kamehameha, Independence, Labor, Thanksgiving and Christmas Days: 2 × 56.55 + 33.16 = $146.26/hr. Schedule a Sunday pour-support call at the weekday OT rate and you are short on the payroll before you print it.
A journeyman, a journeyman with a Saturday overtime call, and a cable splicer — every figure derived from the rates above.
| Worker / classification | ST hrs | OT hrs | Base pay | Fringe | Gross prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worker A Jrny Wireman [Inside] |
40 | — | $2,262.00 | $1,326.40 | $3,588.40 |
| Worker B Jrny Wireman + 4 OT (Sat) |
40 | 4 | $2,601.30 | $1,459.04 | $4,060.34 |
| Worker C Cable Splicer [Inside] |
40 | — | $2,556.00 | $1,335.20 | $3,891.20 |
| Week total | 120 | 4 | $7,419.30 | $4,120.64 | $11,539.94 |
A certified payroll plus a signed Statement of Compliance, filed with the contracting harbor district — for the life of the contract, not once.
Chapter 104 reissues on/about Feb 15 and Sept 15. If the Director raises the prevailing wage during your contract, you must raise pay to match — the next schedule lands Sept 15, 2026, while this job is open.
Late or wrong certified payroll is the most common reason a small sub's draw sits unpaid. The form is not paperwork after the fact — it is the key to the check.